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Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. Eradicating poverty in all its forms and...
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Navigating the way through the market: A first assessment of contract farming in Luang Namtha
Aims at evening up the responsibilities and benefits between stakeholders, whereby the farmers contribute land and labor
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Industrial rubber plantation of the Viet-Lao rubber company, Bachiang District, Champasack Province
Assessment of the environmental and social impacts created by the VLRC industrial rubber plantation, and proposed environmental and social plans to mitigate negative impacts.
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Agriculture and natural resources sector needs assessment
This document is the Inception Report for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Needs Assessment (TA: 4843-LAO) to evaluate development in the ANR sector.
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Integration in spatial planning
A presentation given at a land management and sustainable development workshop in Vientiane, discussing spatial planning, its application for land utilization, and how to apply...
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Chapter 12: Thailand’s Sufficiency Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production
The philosophy of sufficiency economy is very much in line with what was coined “sustainable consumption and production” (SCP) by the Oslo Symposium in 1994. Sufficiency is...
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Viet Nam: Energy Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
This energy sector assessment, strategy, and road map for Viet Nam documents the current assessment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the strategic investment priorities...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015: SDG 12 Responsible Consumption
The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 is a reference of current and emerging trends of economic, social and environmental development in Asia and the Pacific....
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A Guide to Thai Green Label Scheme
A Guide to the Thai Green Label Scheme
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Food Systems and Natural Resources
The authors provide solid evidence on the need to transition to more ‘resource-smart food systems’, an imperative for the achievement of at least 12 out of the 17 Sustainable...
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Food Security
Policy brief on food security.
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Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Investing in Food Systems for Better Nutrition
This report presents the trends and levels of the food security and nutrition situation in Asia and the Pacific region and highlights relevant policy developments to facilitate...
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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale: Measuring food insecurity through people’s experiences
The FIES is a metric of severity of food insecurity at the household or individual level that relies on people’s direct yes/no responses to eight brief questions regarding their...
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Lower Mekong Workforce Skills Gap Analysis and Implications for Regional Growth.
This report, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Education Data for Decision Making (EdData) II Program, focuses on ways...
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Development Cooperation & Partnerships Strategy 2014-2018
To ensure that Cambodia reaches the development goals that have been identified in the Rectangular Strategy – Phase III, the Royal Government will implement its development...
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Interview with grant evans
Transcript of an interview conducted with historian Grant Evans, an anthropologist who specialized in Laos and produced numerous academic works about the country. Published in...
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Scoping and planning of the assessment of basin-wide development scenarios
A technical note to describe the agreed approach, scope and work plan for the formulation and assessment of basin-wide development scenarios in the Lower Mekong Delta.
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Extension approaches for livestock development
Report of the Participatory Livestock Development Project (PLDP) conducted in Northern Lao PDR focusing on agricultural extension for livestock production. It includes...
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Asian Development Outlook 2015: Financing Asia's Future Growth
To achieve the steady growth envisaged in this report, policy makers in developing Asia need to be vigilant of potential risks. Risks to Asia’s growth prospects could come from...
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The judicial system in Thailand: An outlook for a new century
A report about Thailand’s judicial system, with chapters written by seven judges from various courts of justice in Thailand. The report covers (i) historical background of the...