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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 ...

  • 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 s...

  • 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. Th...

  • 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 d...

  • 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 rip...

  • 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 socia...

  • 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 disast...

  • 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.

  • 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 d...

  • 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 ...

  • Whats Behind Laos' China Banana Ban?

    On April 12, Radio Free Asia cited local government sources as confirming that Lao government orders to shut down environmentally destructive Chinese-owned banana farms, first r...

  • Atlas of agriculture in the Lao PDR: Patterns and trends between 1999 & 2011

    This atlas of agriculture presents a comprehensive spatial analysis of the agricultural activities and production patterns in the Lao PDR in 2011, and the respective changes dur...

  • Economic Change in Lao Agriculture: The Impact of Policy Reform

    Since implementation of economic reforms in the Lao PDR, beginning about 1990, rice output has grown less rapidly than population but cash crop and livestock production has outg...

  • Performance Review and Policy Options For Sustainable Irrigation Development In Lao PDR

    Over the past two decades, irrigation has been a vital and integral part of agricultural and rural development programs throughout Lao PDR. Areas under irrigation have more than...

  • Laos at a glance [Agriculture]

    This briefing page informs about the situation of agricultural sector in Laos based in Agriculture Census 2010/11.

  • Lao Government Appoints Committee to Enforce Timber Export Ban

    This news article gives information on the ministerial ban of raw timber export of Lao PDR.

  • Country Report: Lao PDR [Livestock and Fisheries]

    This is a report on livestock and fisheries situation in Lao PDR from Livestock & Fisheries Products Quality Assurance Unit.

  • Foreign Agricultural Investment Country Profile: Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

    This is a profile of foreign agricultural investment in Lao PDR. The sheet gives general information regarding investment in general and the agricultural sector. It also explore...

  • Fisheries Country Profile: Lao PDR

    This page explains a profile on the fisheries sector in Lao PDR, updated in 2017.

  • LAOS: Sustainability of Future Rice Production Growth and Food Security Uncertain

    This page highlights information regarding the rice production growth and food security in Lao PDR.