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PM Announces Continued Suspension of Mining Concessions
This news article informs the extended moratorium of mining business in Laos.
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Vision 2030 and Ten-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy (2016-2025)
Vison until 2030 aims Lao PDR to become a developing country with upper-middle income and with innovative, green and sustainable economic growth; there is availability of...
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Key statistics on Lao PDR's from the 2018 LDC review
This document summarizes the profile of Lao PDR in terms of fulfilling the criteria for graduating from Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
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Goal 1- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
This web page shows an overview of the global Sustainable Development Goal 1: No poverty, along with the progress and 2030 target.
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Sustainable Development Goal 1- end poverty in all its forms everywhere
This web page shows the progress of SDG1 implementation in 2018, the general targets and indicators.
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Brand Lao-for better livelihoods
This is a briefing for the 'Brand Lao-for better livelihoods' project, aimed to identify potential profitable Lao products to be exported to the international market, to build...
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As Lao PDR prepares for LDC Graduation, inequality has to be overcome
This press release points out challenges and successes of Lao PDR as of October 2018 regarding the graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status.
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Lao PDR Road Sector Project II [NDF C92/C93]
This web page offers information on the Lao PDR Road Sector Project II, a project to improve climate-resilient road connectivity in selected provinces in Lao PDR.
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Microfinance in Laos
The web page highlights the development of microfinance in Laos since 1990s as well as the future strategy by the Bank of the Lao PDR.
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Lao PDR SDG 1- No poverty
This is an official UN page showing the progress of SDG 1 implementation in Lao PDR.
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017- Lao PDR SDG datasheet
The report examines the progress towards the SDGs implementation in Lao PDR and their targets. Despite some gaps in data and indicators, the report identifies patterns of where...
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Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update, Lao PDR
This briefing note is organized into ten sections. The first section presents information on the country coverage and methodology of the 2018 Statistical Update. The next five...
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The Trading of Agro-forest Products and Commodities in the Northern Mountainous Region of Laos
The purpose of this study is to clarify the trade flow of agro-forest products and commodities by analyzing commercial activities and private traders in a mountainous region....
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Lao Census of Agriculture 2010/11: Analysis of Selected Theme
The second Lao Census of Agriculture (LCA) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) was carried out in 2011 and collected crop data for the wet season of 2011 and the...
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Devastating Laos dam collapse leads to deforestation of protected forests
This article reviews the catastrophic impacts of dam collapse in the Southern Laos in July 2018 which results in deaths, devastated communities, forced thousands to flee and...
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Land grabs and labour: Vietnamese workers on rubber plantations in southern Laos
Since the early 2000s the Lao government has dramatically increased the number of large-scale land concessions issued for agribusinesses. While studies have documented the...
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The Beautiful Rivers—And the Dammed
This is a news feature on energy trends in the world. It shows the potential of other energy sources other than hydropowers that usually comes with the risks of undesired...
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Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos: a very major landslide in December
This article features a potential disaster, a land slide, after the construction of Xekaman 3 hydroelectric plant in Laos.
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Lao PDR to improve electricity network with World Bank support
This press release provides information about the the Power Grid Improvement Project Lao PDR, which aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of the country’s electricity...
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Chemicals Dumped in River Kill Fish in Laos
Chemicals released into a river by a Chinese-owned banana farm near the Lao capital Vientiane killed over 300 kg of fish in November, prompting warnings by authorities to local...