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Gender Responsive Budgeting in the Lao PDR
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Advocacy and promotional materials
Nationl Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mother-Child
2017
A presentation given by the NCAWMC providing analysis of the gender issues in the national budget and how to address shortcomings.
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Australia expands support to end violence against women and girls
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Archived web content
Australian Embassy in the Lao PDR
2017
An overview of Australia's Stand Up Speak Out program, which encouraged male public figures in Laos to speak out against domestic violence and abuse.
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SDG5: Targets and Indicators
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Archived web content
United Nations
2016
An overview of SDG5: Gender Equality and descriptions of its targets and goals.
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos-Lao Soung
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Archived web content
Minority Rights Group
2018
The page gives update information on Lao ethnic groups known as Lao highlanders or Lao Soung. Most Lao Soung grow upland rice, maize, and opium traditionally. Major ethnic...
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Tai and other hill people
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Archived web content
Minority Rights Group
2018
Tribal Lao Tai live in the higher valleys and on the middle slopes of the mountains in northern Laos (and in adjacent areas of south-west China, north Thailand and north-west...
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos
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Archived web content
Minority Rights Group
2018
The page gives an overview of ethnic groups in Lao PDR. It distinguished ethnic groups into three categories geographic areas: Lao Loum, Lao Soung and Lao Theung.
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World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: Laos-Lao Theung
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Archived web content
Minority Rights Group
2018
The page offer information on Lao ethnic group: Lao Theung. Most Lao Theung are nomadic; they commonly live in upland areas. Originated from Mon-Khmer, they practice swidden...
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Archived web content
IUCN
2018
About Introduction The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies,...
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Millennium Development Goals Indicators
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Archived web content
United Nations Development Organization
2008
An overview of the Millennium Development Goals and the associated indicators for each goal.
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The REDD Desk Statistics: Laos
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Archived web content
The REDD Desk
2013
Review of forestry and forestry-based economic activities in Laos, with statistics.
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Biodiversity and Protected Areas Lao PDR
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Advocacy and promotional materials
Clarke, J.
2000
An overview of protected areas and biodiversity initiatives in Laos, including potential obstacles to implementation and success.
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Lao PDR Sustainable Forest Management and REDD+ Support Project
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Advocacy and promotional materials
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of...
2015
An outline of the REDD+ project in Laos, specifically evaluating the readiness of the Luang Prabang province for its implementation.
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Provincial Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Xieng Khouang Province
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Issue and policy briefs
Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment
2013
The provincial level strategy for protecting biodiversity and handling related economic issues for the Xieng Khouang province.
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Lao PDR, SDG15: Life on Land
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Archived web content
UNDP
2018
An overview of the implementation of SDG15: Life on Land in LAos.
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Forest Cover Changes in Lao Tropical Forests: Physical and Socio-Economic Factors are the Most Important Drivers
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Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Chittana Phompila, Megan Lewis, Bertram Ostendorf, Kenneth Clarke
2017
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has been experiencing significant forest depletion since the 1980s, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the major causes and...
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Lao PDR Biodiversity: Economic Assessment
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Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Somvang Bouttavong, Lucy Emerton, Lamphoukeo Kettavong, Sounh...
2002
This report aims to document the current economic status of biodiversity in Lao PDR, and to use this information to identify needs for the use of incentives, financing...
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Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land
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Archived web content
United Nations
2017
UN primer on the goals and targets for SDG15: Life on Land, and an update on its progress in a global context.
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Compensation and Resettlement Policy Framework
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Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Lao PDR, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
2017
A government document outlining practices for handling land concessions and forced relocation in regards to international investment projects.
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Educational Disparities of Ethnic Minorities in Lao PDR with Comparative Cases from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
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Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Coleman, Matthew V.
2012
The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with...
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The geography of poverty and inequality in the Lao PDR
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Books and book chapters
Michael Epprecht, Nicholas Minot, Reno Dewina, Peter Messerli,...
2008
A breakdown of economic inequality and resource access in Laos based on geography.