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Myanmar is at a crossroad. Given high levels of landlessness and land inequality and low productivity of most small and medium-scale farmers (SMFs), the country is searching for...

This news article gives information on the conflict situation between Lao government and Hmong individuals in late 2018.

A brief summary of the situations and problems facing ethnic groups in the Lao PDR.

A summary of a World Bank project focused on community-level assistance and empowerment programs.

An analysis of the the variation in access to justice systems and property rights for women from five ethnic groups in Laos.

This page displays the video and information on traditional products from women of ethnic groups in Laos.

This page shows the profile of the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre in Laos, a local social enterprise founded in 2006 to promote the appreciation and transmission of Laos...

A policy framework laid out to address the ways in which the Lao Road Sector Project would impact rural ethnic groups through potential displacement and relocation.

This page outlines the organization of the Department of Ethnic Affairs under Lao Front for National Development, including the roles and responsibilities.

The human demographic history of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) has not been well-studied; in particular there have been very few sequence-based studies of variation in the male...

Lao PDR has pursued a top-down approach to economic growth and poverty alleviation that is all too often counterproductive, leading to impoverishment and jeopardising the rights...

This review describes seven sets of processes that influence this context, and therefore shape land and forest tenure in contemporary Laos. These include: 1. Macro-scale forest...

Land investment is booming in Laos, driven especially by demand for natural resources among its rapidly developing neighbours. Yet Laos remains one of the poorest countries in S...

A number of programmes and policies in Laos are promoting the internal resettlement of mostly indigenous ethnic minorities from remote highlands to lowland areas and along roads...

Oxfam Mekong Regional Water Governance program developed Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) manual Balancing the scales: Using gender impact assessment in hydropower development. ...

It is planned to assess forest cover and land use from 2002 to 2012, which will reveal the current change of land use throughout the country. But it can be assumed that the area...

Lao PDR has been severely affected by floods between July and September 2018. (currently says in recent months). On July 1819, Tropical Storm Son-Tinh caused heavy rains and flo...

This comment piece is responding to the statement by Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to Lao PDR, 18-28 March 2019

This is an official UN page showing the overall information on SDG 2 Targets and Progress.

This is an official SDG page on SDG 2 yearly Progress and Targets (2015-2018)