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Grounding global forest economies: resource governance and commodity power in rural Laos
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...
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Govt gives green light to Vientiane expressway
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
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
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...
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Forest Conversion in Lao PDR: Implications and Impacts of Expanding Land Investments
This policy brief examines the institutional and legal framework surrounding forest conversion in Lao PDR, giving special consideration to the social, environmental, and legal...
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Fisheries and aquaculture production in reservoirs in Lao PDR
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...
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Fisheries and aquaculture in the Laos, a legislative review
The report is about the legislative review on fisheries and aquaculture in Laos. The government of Laos has recognized the need for a national legal framework to be developed to...
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Fifth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
This report profiles biodiversity in the Lao PDR with respect to forests. wetlands, and protected areas. It addresses the trends experienced for biodiversity protection and the...
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Developer Set to Install Savan-Laobao Railway Corridor Posts
The media article discusses the contract that Giant Rail Company Limited signed a with a Lao company to install railway route corridor posts for a planned line linking Laos’...
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Building the politics machine: tools for ‘resolving’ the global land grab
Article examines tools for 'resolving' global land grabs through study in Laos. Looks at property formalization and the connection between specific land grabs and larger...
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Basic education sector development program
The Basic Education Sector Development Program (BESDP) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) provides significant benefits to students by increasing access to lower...
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Asian Development Bank and the Lao PDR: Fact Sheet [2017]
Updated yearly, this fact sheet provides social and economic indicators on Laos as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information....
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translation in laos
This annual report offers the trends of economic development in Lao PDR in 2017.
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SABER school autonomy and accountability country report Lao PDR 2016
In 2011, the World Bank Group commenced a multi-year program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education...
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Laos Minimum Wage
This webpage provides information on the minimum wage in Laos, how it compares to that of other countries, and other facts and statistics about the country.
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Overview of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
The sites give a profile of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
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Government to integrate gender in policies and programs
An overview of an advocacy workshop and program conducted by the Lao government on addressing gender issues in policy.
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The struggle over Lao PDR’s forests: New opportunities for improved forest governance?
The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture,...
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Gender Issues: Lao PDR
A policy brief on gender issues in the Lao PDR preapred as part of the Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote Greater Mekong Subregion Project.
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A Study on Violence against Women in Lao PDR
An overview and analysis of the statistics on violence against women from the Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experience.