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  • A study of the climate change impacts on fluvial flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Van, P. D. T., Popescu, I.; van Griensven, A.; Solomatine, D. P.;... 2012 Floods, Rivers and lakes, Science and technology research and development, Water resources
    This paper investigated the extent of the flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta under different projected flood hydrographs, considering the 2000 flood event as the...

  • Fishing for influence: Fisheries science and evidence in water resources development in the Mekong basin

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Friend, Richard M. 2009 Civil society, Fishing policy and administration, Science and technology, Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
    This paper examines the models and assumptions of policy influence that have underpinned the research effort on Mekong capture fisheries, and presents alternative approaches for...

  • The changing political dynamics of dam building on the Mekong

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Hirsch, Philip 2015 Environment and natural resources, Renewable energy production, Water policy and administration, Water resources
    Since the 1950s, dam building in the Mekong river basin has been enmeshed in a complex and shifting geopolitical and eco-political landscape. The broad geopolitical sweep of US...

  • Hydraulic bureaucracy in a modern hydraulic society: Strategic group formation in the Mekong delta, Vietnam

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Evers, Hans-Dieter, Benedikter, Simon 2009 Adaptation, Irrigation and water management, Water and sanitation NGOs, Water policy and administration, Water resources
    The last three decades have seen dramatic changes as increased hydraulic management has become the key to the development of the lower Mekong delta. This process has triggered...

  • Contributions to transformative change in Cambodia: A study on returnees as institutional entrepreneurs

    en Cambodia Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Wijiers, Gea D. M. 2013 Government, Non-governmental organizations, System of government
    This paper explores the experiences of Cambodian French returnees who are contributing to transformative change in Cambodia as institutional entrepreneurs. In order to delve...

  • Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in Phatthalung Province, Peninsular Thailand

    en Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Maneenoon, Katesarin, Khuniad, Chuanchom; Teanuan, Yaowalak;... 2015 Access to education and health care, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Crop products and commodities, Public health
    The report of a project to collect ethnomedicinal data, medicinal plant tastes and relevant information from experienced Thailand’s traditional healers before they are lost....

  • Dams on Mekong tributaries as significant contributors of hydrological alterations to the Tonle Sap Floodplain in Cambodia

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Arias, M. E, Piman,T.; Lauri,H.; Cochrane, T. A.; Kummu, M. 2014 Environment and natural resources, Environmental impact assessments, Floods, Water resources
    This study aims to quantify how hydropower development in the Sesan, Srepok, and Sekong (3S) rivers, together with definite future (DF) plans for infrastructure development,...

  • Legal preparedness for responding to disasters and communicable disease emergencies: study report, Lao PDR

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Bonnaud, Raphael, Kelly, Tessa 2009 Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration, Disasters, Legal framework, Overview of policy and legal framework, Public health
    Report by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies into legal issues in disaster preparedness for Laos. Research methods included analysis of...

  • Facilitating safe labor migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion, issues, challenges, and forward-looking interventions

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) IOM, Asian Development Bank 2013 Emigration, Formal labor, Immigration, Informal migration for labor, Legal framework, Migration
    This report highlights issues on labor migration in the GMS and offers recommendations toward increasing social protection for migrants, strengthening capacity and legal...

  • China’s filthiest export

    en Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs Turner, Jennifer, Kim, Juli; Feffer, John 2007
    An article about China’s ‘export’ of pollution and environmental degradation. The authors discuss air and water pollution and deforestation caused by China and the impact of...

  • Water grabbing in the Mekong basin

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Matthews, Nathanial 2012 Environment and natural resources, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Legal framework, Water rights
    This paper uses a political ecology approach to examine how state and private actors in Thailand and Laos mobilise power to control the benefits from hydropower while the social...

  • HIV/AIDS data sheet for Myanmar

    en Myanmar May 20, 2015 Source: Dataset downloaded from Evidence to Action (...
    A dataset of key HIV/AIDS indicators for Myanmar in .XLSX format. Published by Evidence to Action. Contains worksheets covering Sociodemographic indicators, HIV prevalence and...