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Archived news article from the Nordic Development Fund providing details of the financing of the Lao Road Sector 2 projects to develop climate resilient road infrastructure in r...

The Logistics Capacity Assessment (LCA) is a long-standing tool of WFP Logistics. Since 2008, it has provided an important source of information related to the logistics infrast...

Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport made the business case to Government Meeting recently to implement the improvements of National Road 13...

The article assesses the timber trade from Laos to Vietnam as inputs for furniture production and the impacts on forest management in Laos in terms of scale. It releases finding...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a multifaceted economic, diplomatic and geopolitical undertaking that has morphed through various iterations, from the “New Silk Road” ...

Despite impressive economic growth rates over the last decade, a third of Laos’s population still lives below the extreme poverty line of US$1.25 per day. Most of the extreme po...

This article is an infographic providing a route map and details about the development of the Lao-China railway project.

Statistics about hydropower have been compiled by IHA using data from publicly published sources, IHA members, government representatives, industry sources and media monitorin...

With eight percent of the population logging in online, Lao PDR ranks seventh in Southeast Asia in internet usage. Tech savvy neighbors may have more citizens but Laos has seen ...

A boom in banana demand led to heavy agricultural investment in northern Laos as Chinese investors offered strong financial incentives to farmers to change land management pract...

Reports on the increasing use of pesticides in Lao PDR (van der Wulp 2006; Lao-FAO IPM and FAO Pesticide Risk Reduction Programme 2009, 2011; FAO IPM Vegetable Regional Programm...

In the context of the ‘global land grab’, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic has been identified as a hotspot for large-scale land acquisitions sought by capital strong foreign...

Lao PDR’s National Assembly last week approved an updated Water and Water Resources Law presented by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Passed with a 93 percent ...

Archived content: World Bank press release announcing a $30 million agreement with the Laos government for rural infrastructure including roads and water and sanitation.

The main focuses of this research are the impacts of lignite mining on the environment and, local livelihoods, and how the local communities access information and their respons...

The draft of this discussion paper generated a mixed response. While some experts – from both the government and development community – found the analysis persuasive, one or ...

This study looks at the possible design options that could form the basis of a legal framework for carrying out forest carbon activities and investments in Laos by both public a...

Annual Population Density 1961 to 2013 for Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This dataset is from the World Bank's World Data Bank dataset.

The brief summarises the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. The brief summarises the current state of GMS kn...

An overview of crops grown in Lao PDR and research attempts to breed more suitable varieties.