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Socio-economic baseline study computerised database of survey
This report describes the computerised database of the Household Survey carried out for the Socio-economic Baseline Study (SEBS) of the Land Titling Project-1. The survey was ...
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The World Bank, hydropower-based poverty alleviation and indigenous peoples.
Impoverishment by projects whose raison d’etre is to reduce poverty is unacceptable, yet it occurs in many projects, time and time again... Unfortunately, while we battle agains...
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Pro-poor Policy analysis on rubber production for smallholder livelihoods in Lao PDR 2016
In Laos, the rubber plantation has booming since 2000s that influenced by the world demanding for rubber,particular huge rubber demand from China and India. While the market for...
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Participatory land use planning mnual village and village cluster levels – Draft, March 2009
The Family Land Tenure Analysis Form would allow the DLMA to see how long a parcel has been developed, whether the type of land is “permanent” or “non permanent”, and any docume...
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Scaling up South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development
South-South Cooperation is ‘A process whereby two or more developing countries pursue their individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges o...
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Development Finance for the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan and the Sustainable Development Goals in Lao PDR: A Development Finance and Aid Assessment
This Development Finance and Aid Assessment (DFAA) was commissioned by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UND...
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MDGs Localization in Lao PDR
1.Localization of MDGs in Lao PDR 2.Key successes in localizing MDGs 3.Key challenges and some off-track MDGs 4.Post-2015 development agenda
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Review of the contributions of the MDG Agenda to foster development: Lessons for the post-2015 UN development agenda
Following on the outcome of the 2010 High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations Secretary-General established the...
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Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos 2016.
Rooted in the transitions of the Nam Gnouang River into a reser-voir and the four villages into one resettlement site, this article illustrates the different (political) positio...
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Toward sustain able forest management: An ndustry perspective
Responsible and sustainable management driven by proper valuation of wood resources, the development of value adding industries, and better recognition and enhancement of the co...
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Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)
This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature a...
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Collaborative Governance improves management effectiveness of Hin Nam No National protected area in central Lao PDR 2016
According to IUCN’s instructions, the described ‘building blocks’ were formulated to try to follow a logical sequence and make parts of the ‘solution’ repl...
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Social Development Alliance Association (SODA) poverty in Lao PDR poverty, gender and ethnicity in agriculture sector in the Nam Ngum River Basin July 2015
This poverty research report presents a range of sex-disaggregated data in order to analyze the poverty situation at the national level and local differences between male and fe...
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Decree on compensation and resettlement management in development projects 2016
This Decree provides principles, regulations and standards on the management, monitoring of compensation of losses and the management of resettlement activities in order to prop...
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Manual participatory agriculture and forest land use planning at village and village cluster levels
The objective of this MOU is to formalize arrangements between the parties regarding development, dissemination and use of the manual (the Manual) on participatory ...
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A critical analysis of the legal framework for human trafficking in Laos PDR
Laos is a mountainous, landlocked country of 5.76 million people and is bordered by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma.12 Being situated in the Asia Pacific region, wh...
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Contract Farming Facilitation Training Course Material
The Northern Uplands Development Programme (NUDP), i s implemented by the Department of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and has received a Grant fr...
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Linking the last mile: best practices in rural communication to improve farmers’ and communities’ access to information
The main goal of the workshop was to identify mechanisms for improving communication and information flows to the local level.
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Illegal pesticide trade in the Mekong Countries.
The survey in Vientiane Capital and the provinces of LouangNamtha and Xiengkhouang found that most pesticides had Thai and Chinese labels. Pesticides wi...
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Labor-saving practices for external extension of slash and burn upland rice agriculture in Laos 2016.
1. Upland rice as cash income. 2. Massive rice production byfield size extension in fertile Remotearea 3. Field extension: High demand on labor-savingIntroduction of La...