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This thesis examines current agricultural systems in Xieng Ngeun District, in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR and the economic and agrarian transition occurring at individual, c...

Summary of workshop proceedings. Issues discussed included government oversight of and cooperation with private sector to ensure laws on timber logging are observed.

This report draws on the Land Matrix database to analyze and better understand the phenomenon of large-scale agricultural land deals. It focuses on: » land acquisitions or inve...

The objectives of this study were to 1) analyse the contents and extent of forest-related rights that can be devolved to the local level according to the prevailing legal fram...

The agriculture sector in Lao PDR is under going rapid transformation from subsistence to commercialization. This is in line with the 6th Five Year Plan of the Government of La...

The 2014 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that the loss of life and economic assets from flooding represent a major climate-related risk in ...

In May 2007 Laos’ Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced a moratorium on the granting of new land concessions in order to give government time to rev...

Research in 2005-2006 In addition to improving technology, the area of research on the farmers will also become a popular integrated demonstration

Agricultural Land Use Plans” are prepared with families who have been allocated parcels of agricultural land in the “village agricultural zone” with the aim of i...

In recent years there have been significant changes in how the category of ‘Indigenous Peoples’ has become conceptualised in Cambodia. Indeed, in 1993, neither Indigenous ...

Men and women are given equal opportunities in training to develop skills in development work.

2015 was not only an important year globally, it was also a special one for Lao PDR, which celebrated 40 years of peace and stability since the establishment of the Republic...

The Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands complex is made up of a number of important wetland types, including swamps, lakes, peatlands and marshes. The edge of the wetland is forested, and...

Lao PDR has political stability, with security, peace and an orderly society. The economy has been growing steadily main taining GDP growth of at least 7.5% ...

This report reflects the findings of a study looking at how rural youth, and thus rural communities, are missing out on development opportunities more readily available to urban...

The resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the interpretation of the terms of fees, land levy fees and land tax

The State Land Leases and Concessions Inventory represents a globally unique and extremely valuable database, especially in the Lao PDR where commercial pressure on land ...

Secure access to natural resources through systems of common property forms the basis for the livelihoods of many of the world’s poor.

Based on the high commitment to promote the shift towards proactive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), MAF has initiated an interactive DRRM consultation process i...

The purpose of this Executive Summary is, like the Framework Report, to bebrief inorder to encourage a wide audience to read the document and comprehensive enough ...