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Power projects in Lao PDR (table showing development status)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
Laos Ministry of Energy and Mines
2015
A set of tables showing the development status of power projects in Laos. The document includes projects developed before 2000, those operational, under construction, at the pla...
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Lao PDR to Strengthen Road Systems and Improve Connectivity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
The World Bank
2016
This press release is about the US $25 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Lao PDR strengthen its road maintenance systems and improve ro...
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The legal framework of state land leases and concessions in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Dominik Wellmann, Integrated Rural Development in Poverty Regions...
2012
Discussion paper on the legal framework of state land leases and concessions in Lao PDR. This paper summarizes the relevant laws and regulations and indicate contradictions in t...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: Desk Reference
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2015
This document is one of three main publications of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 (FRA 2015). It contains data for most of the quantitative and Boolean variables c...
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Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010: Main Report
Cambodia, Timor-Leste, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
2010
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) is the most comprehensive assessment of forests and forestry to date - not only in terms of the number of countries and pe...
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Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Raja Devasish Roy, Minority Rights Group International
2005
For years, traditional laws – or customary laws – in Asia have been eroded. This report argues that remaining customary laws should be retained and discusses the extent to which...
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UNICEF Water and Sanitation
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
UNICEF ແຫ່ງ ສ ປ ປ ລາວ
This web page provides information about UNICEF's Water and Sanitation Program in Laos. UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme supports Lao PDR to achieve Mille...
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Lao PDR: Sanitation, Drinking Water, and Hygiene Status Overview
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
GLAAS, UN Water
2014
This overview provides information about sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene status in Laos.
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Study on communal land registration in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Katrin Seidel, Khamla Phanvilay, Bounlath Vorachit, Lau Mua,...
2007
Field visits to over twenty villages in five different provinces of the Lao PDR have shown that across all ethnic groups, communities use and manage communal lands. Types of lan...
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Economic evaluation of wetland ecosystems in Lao PDR - Case Study: Boung Kiat Ngong Wetlands
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Phouphet KYOPHILAVONG
2011
Boung Kiat Ngong (BKN) is a rural wetland located in Phathomphone District, Champasak Province and plays an important role for local residents in term of providing direct and in...
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Potential for Development of River Run-Off Turbines in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
WEnergy Global Pte Ltd, WEnergy Global Pte Ltd
2017
This PSD Study presents possibilities for the deployment of the above Dutch power generation technologies and sets the stage for a results-oriented approach that aims at install...
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Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Convention on Biological Diversity
2010
A summary of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and their associated indicators
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Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: successes and failures
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Oliver Schönweger, Centre for Development and Environment,...
2015
Looking at the coffee sector in Laos, the authors of this article explore dimensions of the land grab debate that have not yet been sufficiently examined. Coffee concessionaires...
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International Women’s Day 2018: How can you #PressforProgress?
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Lauren Carlton
2018
An article discussing International Women Day and Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality.
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Grounding global forest economies: resource governance and commodity power in rural Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Keith D. Barney, York University
2011
A dissertation by Keith D. Barney for Graduate Program in Geography at York University documenting commodity production and state power shaping the forest and paper sector in ru...
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Govt gives green light to Vientiane expressway
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
2017
This media article discusses about the Lao PDR's government that has agreed in principle to a plan to build a 14-km expressway linking Vientiane city centre to the outskirts in ...
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Forest investment program, Laos investment plan
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Laos. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Forestry
2011
This report highlights Laos investment in forest management and opportunities for REDD+. The report discusses the forest sector in Laos and summarises the Laos REDD+ programme. ...
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Forest Investment Program Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
The REDD Desk
2016
Laos is a pilot country of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), a targeted programme of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), which is one of two funds within the framework of the W...
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Forest Conversion in Lao PDR: Implications and Impacts of Expanding Land Investments
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Forest Trends
2014
This policy brief examines the institutional and legal framework surrounding forest conversion in Lao PDR, giving special consideration to the social, environmental, and legal i...
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Fisheries and aquaculture production in reservoirs in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bounthong Saphakdy, Oudom Phonekampheng,Lilao Bouapao
2013
The report is the fisheries and aquaculture productions in reservoirs in Laos. The overall aim of this report is to provide better information on reservoir fisheries and aquacul...