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USAID GREENING PREY LANG Northern Plains Landscape REDD+ Feasibility Assessment
The Northern Plains Landscape (NPL) of Cambodia encompasses the intersection of natural habitat, biodiversity, and people. A woven system of critical forests and wetlands, the...
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Human Development Indicators - Vietnam
The Human Development Indicators (HDI) is a summary measure for assessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to...
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REDD and poverty in Cambodia
Notwithstanding progress both nationally and locally, there is not yet evidence of sufficient support either internationally or nationally for REDD to effectively neutralise...
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Barriers to accessing maternal health and family planning services in ethnic minority communities in Vietnam
This research study entitled “Exploring barriers to accessing maternal health and family planning services in ethnic minority communities in Vietnam” was supported, and the...
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Exploring local leadership in Lao-based INGOs
The aim of this study is to understand how local leadership development is operationalised in the INGO sector in the social context of Laos. Until recently, leadership has been...
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Conversion timber, forest monitoring, and land-use governance in Cambodia
This report presents an overview of national patterns and practices of forest land clearance during the 2012-2013 dry season as a basis for discussing challenges for Forest Law...
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Laos resource mapping and farmer input market studies
This study is the first attempt to provide background information on the bamboo sector in Laos in general, and in Houaphan and Xiengkhouang Province in particular. Furthermore...
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Para rubber study, Lao P.D.R.
The goal of this research was to study all relevant aspects of the cultivation of para rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as well as the production and marketing of latex in Luang Nam...
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Lao PDR: Health Sector Governance Program
The proposed Health Sector Governance Program will be implemented nationally with the overarching goal to increase access, quality, and utilization of essential health services,...
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Integrated spatial planning for sustainable development
The Guideline is prepared to support training of government officials in the development and use of spatial planning as an instrument towards sustainable development and better...
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Who benefits from land titling? Lessons from Bolivia and Laos
The author researches land titling issues, using the case studies of Bolivia and Laos to explore women's difficulties in acquiring rights to land, involvement of CSOs in titling...
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Biodiversity Wild Mushrooms–Edible and Medicinal Species Local Knowledge and Use
Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are potentially available for domestic consumption and sales. Locally, some...
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Study on urban land management and planning in Lao PDR
This study analyzes the institutional landscape, processes and track record of urban planning and land management in Lao PDR, and makes recommendations to improve future...
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Poverty environment initiative (PEI) framework in Lao PDR
The Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) in Lao PDR aims to strengthen capacity of targeted central and provincial authorities to integrate poverty-environment concerns and...
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Lao PDR: Climate and Health Country Profile 2015
The profiles provide a snapshot of information about the current and future impacts of climate change on human health, current policy responses in Lao PDR. They also highlight...
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Education Manual on Indigenous Elders and Engagement with Government
This Education Manual on Indigenous Elders and Engagement with Government is one in a series of leadership training manuals produced by the Indigenous Learning Institute for...
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Land, rubber and people: Rapid agrarian changes and responses in Southern Laos
This study examines rubber development in Bachiengchaleunsouk (Bachieng) District, Champasak Province, southern Laos, and argues these developments are largely benefiting...
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Position paper on tree plantation sector development in Lao PDR
Research on tree plantations in Lao PDR, their effects on smallholders, the legal context that enables plantation, and foreign investment, including recommendations for...
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Goals, Targets and Indicators & Defining and Prioritizing Targets
This is a collection of 2 background papers prepared by Sonya Suter to explain: a) Definitions and key concepts for the post-2015 development agenda b) Potential criteria for...
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Mangrove Communities and Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases in Vietnam
Mangrove forest belts have very important role on reducing the impacts of natural disasters in the coastal areas. However, in the last three decades, under the pressures of...