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Contrasting paternal and maternal genetic histories of Thai and Lao populations
The human demographic history of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) has not been well-studied; in particular there have been very few sequence-based studies of variation in the male...
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UN expert: Lao PDRs economic strategy entrenches poverty
Lao PDR has pursued a top-down approach to economic growth and poverty alleviation that is all too often counterproductive, leading to impoverishment and jeopardising the rights...
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Land and Forest Tenure in Laos: Baseline Overview 2016 with Options for Community Participation in Forest Management
This review describes seven sets of processes that influence this context, and therefore shape land and forest tenure in contemporary Laos. These include: 1. Macro-scale forest...
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Resolution of the Partys Central Committee on the Enhancement of Land Management and Development in New Period
Lao land territory is the most important foundation symbolizing the nation; land is the ownership of national community which is the expression of independence and sovereignty o...
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On the right path? Land concessions in Laos
Land investment is booming in Laos, driven especially by demand for natural resources among its rapidly developing neighbours. Yet Laos remains one of the poorest countries in S...
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Unsettling experiences: Internal resettlement and international aid agencies in Laos
A number of programmes and policies in Laos are promoting the internal resettlement of mostly indigenous ethnic minorities from remote highlands to lowland areas and along roads...
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Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development
Oxfam Mekong Regional Water Governance program developed Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) manual Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development. ...
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Forest cover and land-use changes in Lao PDR according to the National Forest Reconnaissance Survey
It is planned to assess forest cover and land use from 2002 to 2012, which will reveal the current change of land use throughout the country. But it can be assumed that the area...
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Post-disaster needs assessment 2018 floods, Lao PDR
Lao PDR has been severely affected by floods between July and September 2018. (currently says in recent months). On July 1819, Tropical Storm Son-Tinh caused heavy rains and flo...
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Decree on the establishment of Nam Et Phou Louey Park [Lao]
This decree officially establishes Nam Et Phou Louey Park in the northern Laos
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Opinion Piece: “We are poor, not blind”
This comment piece is responding to the statement by Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to Lao PDR, 18-28 March 2019
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Decree on the establishment of Nakai-Nam Theun Park [Lao]
This decree officially establishes Nakai-Nam Theun Park in the central region of Laos.
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Goal 2: Zero Hunger
This is an official UN page showing the overall information on SDG 2 Targets and Progress.
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Sustainable Development Goal 2
This is an official SDG page on SDG 2 yearly Progress and Targets (2015-2018)
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GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER
This page give information on MDG#1 indicators
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015
This year ?s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established Millennium Development Goal (MDG1...
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2018 Global Hunger Index
The 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates that the level of hunger and undernutrition worldwide falls into the serious category, at a value of 20.9, down from 29.2 in 2000 (F...
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National Nutrition Strategy to 2025 and Plan of Action 2016-2020
This 2016-2020 National Nutrition Strategy (NNS) has been improved based on the experiences, opportunities, obligations, and important participation of multiple domestic se...
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Agriculture Development Strategy to 2025 and Vision to the Year 2030
The Agriculture Development Strategy 2025 defined the objectives, goals, targets and expected outcomes for the Agriculture Development in development stage of the country. It ha...
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THIRD DRAFT for review MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE EIGHTH NATIONAL SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, 2016-2020
This draft report is the mid-term review of the 8th national socioeconomic development plan (NSEDP), 2016-2020.