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Contract farming in Laos: Responding to a rising agricultural trend

Lao People's Democratic Republic Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Dr Robert Cole, Dr Robert Cole, Sengthong Soukhathammavong 2021 Agriculture, Contract farming

This discussion note explores common practices of contract farming (CF) in Laos, which have rapidly expanded for export crops across many provinces since the early 2000s. The an...

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Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016

Lao People's Democratic Republic September 9, 2021 Source: Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry... Forest classifications, Forest policy and administration, Protected areas

Forest Category in Lao PDR, 2016 including national protected areas, national protection forests, and national production forests.

Decree No. 207 On ethnic group affairs (2020)

Lao People's Democratic Republic #207/gov Decree March 20, 2020 Ethnic minorities and indigenous people

This decree sets out the principles, regulations, and measures on the management of ethnic affairs.

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What is the Forest Cover of Lao PDR? Understanding forest area figures

Lao People's Democratic Republic Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks FAO; Department of Forestry (Forest Assessments) 2021 Forest classifications, Forest cover, Non-timber forest products

This leaflet identifies how the selection of forest definition affect efforts towards achieving the government’s 70 percent forest cover target. What figures for forest area sho...

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On Investment Approval and Land Management Mechanism For Leasing or Concession to Cultivate Crops

Lao People's Democratic Republic No. 0457/MPI Instruction February 27, 2019 Economic land concessions and plantations, Land policy and administration, Social land concessions

This instruction is to implement the Law on Investment Promotion and the Decree of the Prime Minister on controlled businesses and concession activities in Lao PDR, ...

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Planned resettlement, unexpected migrations and cultural trauma in Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Olivier Evrard and Yves Goudineau 2004 Land

Though not officially considered a 'policy' by the Lao government, resettlement of ethnic minorities has become a central feature of the rural development strategy in Laos. Over...

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Challenges and Opportunities of Recognizing and Protecting Customary Tenure Systems in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic Issue and policy briefs FAO and MRLG 2019 Land tenure and land titling

This policy brief was developed in order to enable a meaningful engagement and policy dialogue with government institutions and other relevant stakeholders about challenges and ...

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Lao Population and Housing Census 2015

Lao People's Democratic Republic September 23, 2021 Source: Lao DECIDE (http://www.decide.la) Access to education, Adult literacy, Ethnic minorities and indigenous people, Migration, Population and censuses, Poverty reduction, Public health, Social development

This dataset contains detailed and disaggregated information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the country’s population and households at village, district an...

COVID-19 outbreak prevention, control and response measures in VTE Capital (19-30 September 2021)

Lao People's Democratic Republic #016/MVC Order September 19, 2021 Pandemics

the Vientiane Mayor thus issues the order on the COVID-19 outbreak prevention, control, and response measures in VTE Capital within the period of 19 -30 Sept 2021.

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Higher Education Institutions in Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic July 23, 2021 Source: Higher education

This dataset shows the 11 public and private higher education institutions in Laos.

Securing Land Rights of Smallholder Farmers The Secure Access to Land and Resources (SALaR) Project Experience in Laos, the Philippines, and Uganda

Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines Advocacy and promotional materials Global Land Tool Network/UN-Habitat, VFI (Funded by BMZ/Federal... 2018 Agriculture, Communal land, Development and assistance for land tenure and land titling, Forest protection support, Land tenure and land titling

The Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) is considered as one of the pilot land management platforms that has been initiatively developed as capacity building and tool development ...

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Decree on the promulgation of the amended land law, 2019

Lao People's Democratic Republic 261 Law August 2, 2019 Land, Land policy and administration

This decree divides into 15 sessions and consists of 188 articles. This law sets out the principles, regulations, measures on the management, monitoring of land works aiming to ...

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Announcement on suspend and review the forest land use certificates approval to individuals, entities or organizations in the area of conservation forest, protection forest, and production forest

Lao People's Democratic Republic 1423/MORE Action Plan March 25, 2021 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Forest products, Forest protection, Land

This notice is issued to strengthen the forest land governance and ensure the effectiveness of law implementation of relevant government sectors. Previously, there are many peop...

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Registering property indicator, 2020

Lao People's Democratic Republic August 18, 2021 Source: Source: World bank, Economic profile, Lao PDR, Doing business... Land

Four of Laos' property indicators from the World Bank Doing Business report, 2020 (page 26-27). Collated for the Laos Land page: https://laos.opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/la...

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From Landlocked to Land-linked: Unlocking the potential of Lao-China railway connectivity

China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) : Chanin Manopiniwes, Task Team Leader; Mombert Hoppe, Co-Task... 2020 Foreign investors, Infrastructure, Rail, Trade, Transport infrastructure and facilities

This analytical report is produced by world bank which compiles 5 chapters starting from the broader economic context of the railway sector and evaluating the complementary ref...

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Guidelines on the collection of fees and service charges for natural resources and the environment

Lao People's Democratic Republic #3662/MONRE Guideline August 3, 2021 Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Government services, Land, Law and judiciary, Legal framework

To realize the president's decree on fees and charges, no. 002, on 17/06/2021 Ministry of Resources and Natural Environment (MoNRE), has issued instructions "on fees and charges...

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Extended implementation of measure and prevention, control, containment and responses to COVID-19 (04 - 18 August 2021)

Lao People's Democratic Republic #956/PMO Notice August 3, 2021 Pandemics

Extended implementation of measure and prevention, control, containment, and responses to COVID-19 (04 - 18 August 2021).

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Extended implementation of measure and prevention, control, containment and responses to COVID-19 (20 July - 03 August 2021)

Lao People's Democratic Republic #829/PMO Notice July 19, 2021 Pandemics

Government notification on COVID-19 restrictions and some relaxed measures from 20 July to 03 August 2021

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2021 economic report on socio-economic situation and environmental impact caused by COVID-19 outbreak

Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) The National Institute of Social Sciences Economic policy and administration, Environmental impact assessments, Pandemics

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Road Networks in Laos 2021 (OpenStreetMap)

Lao People's Democratic Republic July 16, 2021 Source: OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/) Infrastructure

This data represents the road network (primary, secondary and tertiary level) in Laos based on the OSM database as on 15 July 2021.

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