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Laos 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United States Department of State
2017
The report provides a human trafficking profile in Laos, as well as recommendations and the state of prosecution, protection, and prevention in the country.
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Laos 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United States Department of State
2013
The report covers the current human trafficking situation in Laos, as well as recommendations and the state of prosecution, protection, and prevention in the country.
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Fighting Poverty with Tea in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
AFD
2019
The mountain forests of northern Laos, remote regions that are home to many ethnic minorities, are native habitat for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). Approximately 95% of the...
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Making Possibilities out of the Impossible: Rural Migrant Workers Backdoor Economies and the Pitfall in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kelly Wanjing Chen
2018
In recent years, rural Lao society has witnessed a fast transition away from traditional land-based livelihood. This tendency is shaped by a collusion between neoliberal Lao sta...
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The Geography of Security: Coercion, Comparative Advantage and Population Management Work in Contemporary Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Michael Dwyer
2018
In early 1988, Laoss Council of Ministers issued an instruction to the nations ministries, state committees, mass organizations, provinces and municipalities. Titled stepping up...
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Changes in Understandings of Land in Laos: From State Sovereignty to Capital Mobilization
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian G. Baird
2019
My discussion with Mrs Khamtanh is relevant for thinking about how peoples conceptualizations of land have changed in Laos, not only between non-communist and communist periods,...
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Forest-Land Commons in Laos in the Twenty-First Century: Agrarian Capitalism and the Non-Commodified Subsistence Guarantee
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith Barney & Alex van der Meer Simo
2018
Over the last two decades, a broad alliance of domestic and international actors in the Lao PDR have devised policy interventions on the issue of strengthening customary tenure....
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The Xayaburi dam: Threatening food security in the Mekong
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Herbertson, Kirk
2012
A report exploring the impacts of the Xayaburi Dam on food security in the Mekong. The authors outline the importance of the Mekong for food security, and food concerns in reset...
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Improving Capacity for Better Use of Public Funds [Lao PDR]
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
World Bank
2019
What is PFM? The World Bank is working with the Lao government on their Public Financial Management. Ultimately, an improved PFM system will benefit all Lao citizens and provide...
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Annual Country Reviews 2018-19 [Mekong Land Research Forum]
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Mekong Land Research Forum
2019
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the fiel...
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Turning Land into Capital for Whom? Crises and Alternatives of Land Commodification in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2018
On August 3rd, 2017, the Central Committee of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (hereafter, the Party) the only legally permitted political party and the dominant political i...
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Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mark Grimsditch
2017
"Since the adoption of China's 'going out' strategy, Chinese enterprises have been strongly encouraged to engage overseas in a range of sectors, including agriculture. This has ...
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Open Data Inventory 2018 - Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Open Data Watch
2019
The profile page informs the state for open data in Lao PDR in 2018. Lao PDR ranks 162 in the Open Data Inventory 2018 with an overall score of 22%. The overall score is a combi...
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Introduction to Special Issue on "Land Governance in Laos"
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ian G. Baird
2019
In recent years there has been considerable controversy in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) regarding decisions by the government to issue long-term land co...
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Dead in the Water: Global Lessons from the World Bank's model Hydropower project in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud
2018
In June 2018, the University of Wisconsin Press published a new book about the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Laos. The books findings relate to issues of environmental susta...
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Shifting Cultivation in Laos: Transitions in Policy and Perspective
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2013
This report addresses the complex issue of shifting cultivation, which was brought up at the 2011 Round Table Implementation Meeting between the Lao government and international...
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Ethnic group development plan for health governance and nutrition development project
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ministry of Health, Lao PDR
2015
The Ethnic Group Development Plan (EGDP) provides a strategy and a programmatic approach to enhance the inclusion of different ethnic groups in the Health Services Improvement P...
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Civilising the uplands: development of rubber plantations in remote areas of Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Wasana La-orngplew
2010
This paper begins with the global context of the rubber expansion. The paper then summarises what have been seen as the upland problems and some limited success to resolve the u...
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Ethnic Groups Engagement Framework
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Department of Planning, Investment and Finance, Ministry of...
2017
This document is the Ethnic Group Engagement Framework (EGEF) for the proposed Lao Agriculture Commercialization Project (ACP) prepared in conjunction with the Lao PDR Ministry ...
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Lao PDR: Health Sector Governance Program
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ministry of Health, Lao PDR
2015
The proposed Health Sector Governance Program will be implemented nationally with the overarching goal to increase access, quality, and utilization of essential health services,...