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Laos 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report
The report provides a human trafficking profile in Laos, as well as recommendations and the state of prosecution, protection, and prevention in the country.
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Laos 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report
The report covers the current human trafficking situation in Laos, as well as recommendations and the state of prosecution, protection, and prevention in the country.
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Fighting Poverty with Tea in Laos
The mountain forests of northern Laos, remote regions that are home to many ethnic minorities, are native habitat for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Approximately 95% of the...
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Decision on the Establishment and Management of Zoos, Wildlife farms, the breeding of wild animals and plants, and rehabilitation centres [Lao PDR]
The Decision, which is posted on the official gazette, permits individuals, legal entities and organisations to establish and operate zoos, wildlife farms, and wild fauna and...
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မြန်မာ့စီးပွားရေးသတင်းလွှာ -အတွဲ(၁)၊ အမှတ်(၁)
Myanmar Development Institute(MDI) မှ အဓိကထုတ်ဝေသော မြန်မာ့စီးပွားရေးသတင်းလွှာ၏ပထမဆုံး ထုတ်ဝေမှုကိုကြိုဆိုပါသည်။ ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့၏ အသိပေးချက်ဖြင့်တည်...
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ပွင့်လင်းမြင်သာမှုအရှိန်မြှင့်တင်ခြင်းနှင့် စာချုပ်များအားစောင့်ကြည့်ခြင်း
ရေနံ၊ သဘာဝဓာတ်ငွေ့နှင့် ဓာတ်သတ္ထုစာချုပ်များအား အကောင်အထည်ဖော်မှုများကိုစောင့်ကြည့်ရာတွင် လွှတ်တော်အမတ်များသည် အဓိကအခန်းကဏ္ဍမှပါဝင်သည်။ ထိုကဲ့သို့သောစာချုပ်များကို လူသိရှင်ကြား ...
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Making Possibilities out of the Impossible: Rural Migrant Workers Backdoor Economies and the Pitfall in Lao PDR
In recent years, rural Lao society has witnessed a fast transition away from traditional land-based livelihood. This tendency is shaped by a collusion between neoliberal Lao...
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The Geography of Security: Coercion, Comparative Advantage and Population Management Work in Contemporary Laos
In early 1988, Laoss Council of Ministers issued an instruction to the nations ministries, state committees, mass organizations, provinces and municipalities. Titled stepping up...
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မြေယာသိမ်းဆည်းမှုအတွက်ရွေးချယ်စရာနည်းလမ်းများ- အရှေ့တောင်အာရှရှိကုန်စည်စီးဆင်းမှုအတွက် အသေးစားလုပ်ငန်းလုပ်ကိုင်သူများ၏ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်မှု
ကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့်လုပ်ကိုင်နေသော အသေးစား စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်းလုပ်ကိုင်နေသူများအား အရှေ့တောင်အာရှရှိ ကုန်စည်စီးဆင်းမှုများတွင်ပါဝင်ရန် အားပေးလှုံဆော်မှုနှင့် အကြီးစား စိုက်ခင်းထုတ်...
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Changes in Understandings of Land in Laos: From State Sovereignty to Capital Mobilization
My discussion with Mrs Khamtanh is relevant for thinking about how peoples conceptualizations of land have changed in Laos, not only between non-communist and communist periods,...
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Forest-Land Commons in Laos in the Twenty-First Century: Agrarian Capitalism and the Non-Commodified Subsistence Guarantee
Over the last two decades, a broad alliance of domestic and international actors in the Lao PDR have devised policy interventions on the issue of strengthening customary tenure....
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The Xayaburi dam: Threatening food security in the Mekong
A report exploring the impacts of the Xayaburi Dam on food security in the Mekong. The authors outline the importance of the Mekong for food security, and food concerns in...
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Notification No. 023 on the opening of mining concession areas for applying for metallic mineral exploration licenses
The two mining concession areas are opened for domestic and international mining companies to apply for metallic mineral exploration from the notification date until 30 August...
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Improving Capacity for Better Use of Public Funds [Lao PDR]
What is PFM? The World Bank is working with the Lao government on their Public Financial Management. Ultimately, an improved PFM system will benefit all Lao citizens and provide...
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Lao PDR Crops Statistics 2017
Lao PDR Crops Statistics 2017, aggregated by province (admin level 1)
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Annual Country Reviews 2018-19 [Mekong Land Research Forum]
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the...
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Turning Land into Capital for Whom? Crises and Alternatives of Land Commodification in Laos
On August 3rd, 2017, the Central Committee of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (hereafter, the Party) the only legally permitted political party and the dominant political...
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Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
"Since the adoption of China's 'going out' strategy, Chinese enterprises have been strongly encouraged to engage overseas in a range of sectors, including agriculture. This has...
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Open Data Inventory 2018 - Lao PDR
The profile page informs the state for open data in Lao PDR in 2018. Lao PDR ranks 162 in the Open Data Inventory 2018 with an overall score of 22%. The overall score is a...
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Introduction to Special Issue on "Land Governance in Laos"
In recent years there has been considerable controversy in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) regarding decisions by the government to issue long-term land...