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Gender, tenure and customary practices in forest landscapes_2023
This report is based on 10 research projects carried out in 18 sites in seven countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam. Each study document...
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The Indigenous World 2023 (37th Edition)
This year’s edition of The Indigenous World takes a closer look at Indigenous Peoples’ rights in conservation efforts. In times of a global climate and biodiversity crisis, focu...
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Mapping Knowledge and Gaps in Data, Transparency, and Capacity Building Practices in the Mekong Region
USAID Mekong for the Future (MFF) commissioned the East-West Management Institute’s Open Development Initiative (ODI) to map the data ecosystem in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democra...
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2022: Events of 2021
The 32nd annual Human Rights Watch’s report reviews human rights trends around the globe, and developments in more than 100 countries. It reflects extensive investigative work t...
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Regional Experiences and Lessons on Contract Farming and Other Inclusive Agribusiness Models
This report by the Cambodia Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (CPSA) and Grow Asia provides a review of the literature regarding experiences of contract farming and other ...
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Employment, wages and productivity trends in the Asian garment sector: Data and policy insights for the future of work
The report takes stock of employment, wages and productivity in the Asian garment sector by exploring data and policy insights to highlight trends, patterns and ways forward for...
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World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific
This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22. It includes a section summarizing the status of social protection worl...
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Indo-Burma Wetland Outlook 2022: Towards Wise Use of Indo-Burma's Wetlands
Understanding the current situation of wetlands in the region is key to effectively integrating wetlands within countries' agendas on biodiversity, climate change adaptation and...
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The State of Food and Agriculture 2022: Leveraging Automation in Agriculture for Transforming Agrifood Systems
This report dives deep into a reality of agriculture: the sector is undergoing profound technological change at an accelerating pace. New technologies, unimaginable just a few y...
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Prospects and drivers for agricultural change in the Mekong region. The case of sugar, rice and rubber
This paper highlights the most imminent threats to the Mekong eco-region, with a particular focus on likely changes in the production of sugarcane, rice and rubber as well as ot...
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Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia
Mountain food security and nutrition are core issues that can contribute positively to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals but paradoxically are often ignored i...
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U4: Corruption and water governance in the Mekong River Basin
The Mekong River Basin is shared between six countries and displays remarkable and globally relevant cultural and biological diversity. Its natural resources are largely governe...
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Raising Standards: Data and Artificial Intelligence in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia has the opportunity to redefine inclusive development for the region by raising standards for data and ethical AI through multistakeholder approaches. If the curr...
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Prospects for Regional Cooperation on Environmental Impact Assessment in Mainland Southeast Asia
This article begins from the premise that there are potential benefits to transnational cooperation to address environmental impacts, whether they are felt within a single count...
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Women and Rivers Storytelling Platform Co-Design and Profiles Report
The Women and Rivers Storytelling Platform emerged as an idea during the Women and Rivers Congress - Asia in 2020, that women need a place to connect with each other to share kn...
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016
The thematic focus of the 2016 edition of the Global Report investigates how migrants and refugees can be vulnerable to trafficking in persons en route or at destination. This f...
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Trafficking in Persons Report: July 2022
This is a report on human trafficking as of July 2022 by the US Department of State. This year’s country narratives prioritize integrating an equity-based approach, including by...
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Open Budget Survey (LMCs) - 2021
The International Budget Partnership conducts a survey called the Open Budget Survey. The Open Budget Survey is the world’s only comparative, independent, and regular assessmen...
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2019
This is a report on human trafficking as of 2019 by the US Depertment of State
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IUCN Red List for the Lower Mekong
Data from the The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4 and updated to include list from 2021, showing the total number of animal species in each category of the Red List, ...