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The framework aims to contribute to the development of extractive industries within ASEAN that are accountable, transparent, and well-governed and are effective in stimulating...

This publication is a historical summary of progress made in energy cooperation in the GMS since the beginning of the economic cooperation program in 1992. It highlights a...

This study builds on an earlier study on the worldwide casualty toll from lightning. The present paper synthesizes data that are available on lightning deaths by country. It...

This document outlines the impacts of the Xayaburi dam on five of the Mekong’s largest fish and provides a short discussion about potential impacts to other threatened and...

In 2005 and 2006, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) researched the global progress of regionalization and the impacts of cross-border transport. The present study...

Data on marriage patterns for all countries. Indicators include average age at first marriage/singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM); the proportions of ever-married persons aged...

This report is the 12th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. The report presents quantitative...

A presentation outlining the business case for social and environmental safeguards in infrastructure lending. The benefits and costs of safeguards and the scale of...

This article discusses human trafficking within the GMS in relation to the strengthened inter-state economic and infrastructural connectivity, taking the life history of sex...

This brief discusses the effectiveness of China's opium substitution policy. A significant amount of opium and heroin on the market in China originates in northern Burma,...

This report outlines key findings and recommendations of the Asia Pacific regional workshop in preparation for the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD....

This study attempted to provide systematic data on the scale and form of urban expansion in East Asia through empirical observation. (China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and...

This article explores the role of transport infrastructures in regional economic growth by comparing Central Eastern Europe (supported by the European Union structural and...

This working paper analyses intra-Mekong trade and investment. The author argues that new patterns of trade relationship are emerging which can be likened to hubs and spokes, in...

Education statistics for Mekong countries, sourced from Unicef's State of the World's Children Report 2015 statistical tables. Indicators include youth literacy rate; number of...

An article about the proposed Pak Chom dam and its likely impacts on local communities. Effects of other dams are also discussed.

A paper about economic relations between China and Myanmar and their impact on the peace process. The paper covers the background of relations between the two countries, and...

A study analysing financial sector development in Vietnam and China within the framework of financial sector reforms introduced in the two countries. The study will assess the...

This paper examines the extent to which economic convergence within ASEAN is occurring, the factors that are driving it and the role of policy. Theory is provided to examine the...

The annual report to Congress on international religious freedom – the International Religious Freedom Report – describes the status of religious freedom in every country. The...