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SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
MDG Monitor
2016
During the September 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, hunger and food insecurity was one of the key topics of discussion, producing the SDG 2 – End Hunger and Achieve Food S...
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ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework and Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security in the ASEAN Region (SPA-FS) 2015-2020
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Strategic Plan
January 1, 2015
The goal of AIFS Framework and SPA-FS 2015-2020 is to ensure long-term food security and nutrition, to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the ASEAN region. The SPA-FS shall c...
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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale: Measuring food insecurity through people’s experiences
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The FIES is a metric of severity of food insecurity at the household or individual level that relies on people’s direct yes/no responses to eight brief questions regarding their...
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Lower Mekong Workforce Skills Gap Analysis and Implications for Regional Growth.
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Haley Alexander and David Feige
2016
This report, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Education Data for Decision Making (EdData) II Program, focuses on ways e...
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Scoping and planning of the assessment of basin-wide development scenarios
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mekong River Commission for Sustainable Development
2009
A technical note to describe the agreed approach, scope and work plan for the formulation and assessment of basin-wide development scenarios in the Lower Mekong Delta.
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Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UNESCAP, ADB, UNDP
2013
The Asia-Pacific region as a whole has had considerable success with the MDGs, particularly in reducing levels of poverty. Nevertheless, the region is off track when it comes to...
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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,...
2016
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbani...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Sylvia Szabo, Robert J. Nicholls, Barbara Neumann, Fabrice G....
2016
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2013
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
United Nations Environment Programme
2010
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable developm...
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Borderlines: Vietnam's booming furniture industry and timber smuggling in the Mekong Region
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
2008
This report contains new information from field investigations carried out by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)and its partner Telapak. It exposes how the rapid growt...
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Measurement to Assess the Effectiveness of System-level and SDG Investing
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
William Burckart, Steve Lydenberg and Jessica Ziegler
2018
The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then establis...
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Mekong-India Economic Corridor (Concept Paper)
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
2009
The Mekong-India Economic Corridor (MIEC) involves integrating the four Greater Mekong Countries viz. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam (here-in after referred as Mekong C...
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 1, 2018
Source: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) - Oxford...
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based pove...
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Defintion of Forests: A Review
Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
D. Venkateswarlu
2013
The definition of word "Forest" differs from region to region, and country to country based on the objectives of management, land use, vegetation type, composition, altitude, e...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2011
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These cha...
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World Bank Country and Lending Groups
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
February 12, 2018
Source: World Bank Open Data
The current (2018) classification of countries by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita used by the World Bank to defined their lending policies in XLS format
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Rates and Drivers of Mangrove Deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000-2012
Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Daniel R. Richards, Daniel A. Friess
2016
The mangrove forests of Southeast Asia are highly biodiverse and provide multiple ecosystem services upon which millions of people depend. Mangroves enhance fisheries and coasta...
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Join Statement of the tenth ASEAN Ministerial meeting on Transnational Crime (10th AMMTC)
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
ASEAN
2015
The statement of the ASEAN Ministers from Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of ...
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Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Patrick J. Dugan,corresponding Chris Barlow, Angelo A. Agostinho,...
2010
The past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international ...