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Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Action
Building on Thailand’s Revised Information Paper/Matrix: Compilation of Possible Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Blueprints 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for...
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Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda - The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet
The year 2015 offers a unique opportunity for global leaders and people to end poverty, transform the world to better meet human needs and the necessities of economic...
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Regional Road Map for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
The countries of Asia and the Pacific have developed a regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to facilitate cooperation at the regional...
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Country Analysis Report. Lao PDR Analysis to inform the Lao People’s Democratic Republic– United Nations Partnership Framework (2017-2021)
The purpose of this Country Analysis is to guide the UN Country Team in selecting and prioritizing interventions, and targeting support to where the UN can make the biggest...
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UNDAF Action Plan 2012-2015 Lao PDR
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Action Plan is the strategic programme framework for the United Nations in the Lao PDR. It describes the collective...
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2017 Lao Social Indicator Survey II to Provide data for the SDGs
The Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) II is a nation-wide household-based survey with a sample size of 23,400, covering all of the country’s 18 provinces. It aims to generate...
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Legal Issues and Legality Barriers for Smallholder Plantation Owners in Lao PDR
These presentation slides are categorized under the theme of enhancing key elements of the value chain for plantation grown wood in Lao PDR
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Development of transgenic teak (Tectona grandis) expressing a cry1AB genefor control of the skeletoniser
Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the exotic forest species that has been planted in Malaysia. Teak skeletoniser, Paliga damastesalis, causes minor to considerable damage to teak...
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Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The experience and capacity to conduct strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) have improved considerably in recent years in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries....
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Catalyzing Green Finance: A Concept for Leveraging Blended Finance for Green Development
The origins of this publication can be traced back to discussions between an Asian Development Bank (ADB) team led by Ayumi Konishi, director general for East Asia Department,...
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Assessing Financial Protection against Disasters: A Guidance Note on Conducting a Disaster Risk Finance Diagnostic
The World Bank and Asian Development Bank have worked in more than 50 countries to (i) quantify the economic and fiscal impact of disasters; (ii) take stock of existing...
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Asian Economic Integration Report 2017: The Era of Financial Interconnectedness
This year’s Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) continues to chronicle progress in regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia and the Pacific. Despite an improved...
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ADB through the decades: ADB's fifth decade (2007-2016)
The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). To commemorate this event, ADB has produced ADB Through the Decades, a series of volumes to provide...
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ADB through the decades: ADB's fourth decade (1997-2006)
The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). To commemorate this event, ADB has produced ADB Through the Decades, a series of volumes to provide...
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UNICEF Annual Report 2016: Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in 2016 witnessed a new Government and National Assembly; the implementation of the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016: SDG Baseline Report
The report presents the SDG baseline for the Asia and the Pacific both at the regional and sub-regional level for selected targets of each SDG. It uses the latest country data...
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Joint Statement Between ASEAN and China on Further Deepening the Cooperation on Infrastructure Connectivity
The Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China, gathered on the 50th Anniversary of...
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Renewable Energy Developments and Potential in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Renewable energy alternatives in the form of solar, wind, biomass, and biogas address these imperatives, not as solutions but as nonetheless important steps toward sustainable...
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Education 2030: Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the Implementation of SDG 4
UNESCO together with UNICEF, the World Bank, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women and UNHCR organized the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 – 22 May 2015,...
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UNESCO Science Report: toward 2030, Global Overview
For two decades now, the UNESCO Science Report series has been mapping science, technology and innovation (STI) around the world on a regular basis. Since STI do not evolve in a...