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This is a presentation about the Organic Agriculture in Lao PDR.

About 83% of the population of the Lao PDR is rural and 66% depend on subsistence agriculture. Organic agriculture has good potential, both for local consumption and the export ...

Tea in Laos is mainly grown and collected by smallholder farmers. It thus has a strong potential to contribute to poverty alleviation and rural development. Despite a relatively...

Standing at the bus station in Luang Namtha, the biggest town in northern Laos, travellers wanting to get south to the capital Vientiane face the prospect of a punishing 18-hour...

A cascade of dams is changing the rivers ecology and threatening riverweed a traditional source of food in northern Laos

Laos is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. On average the countrys economy has grown by 7.5 per cent per year and trade by 17 per cent per year since 2000, ...

Laos often referred to as the Battery of Southeast Asia is one of the smallest nations in ASEAN. The countrys total population is less than ten million. Laos is strategically ...

This latest atlas, developed by the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, together with the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB), combines statistical ...

This Forestry Law determines the basic principles, regulations and measures on sustainable management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest resources ...

The Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Children defines principles, rules and measures relating to the administration, monitoring and inspection of the imple...

This decree is issued in order to determine principles, rules and measures in activities taken for the protection of rights and interests of persons with disabilities, to formul...

The objectives of the Labour Law are to determine principles, regulations and measures on labour, building and development of worker skills, job placement, use of labour, adjust...

Who is Noi and why should we invest in her? This fact sheet was produced for Nois first anniversary on the International Day of the Girl Child in 2017. It introduces Noi, the an...

This webpage summarizes Laos' recent low unemployment rate and discussions that have arisen as a result of it.

This webpage explains the changes that were made to the 2006 Labor Law, thereby replacing it with the 2013 Labor Law.

This document, published by the ILO, provides an overview of the state of social protection in Lao PDR.

The report provides information on the ranking of Laos and other countries on the index, as well as factors that explain for the rank.

The executive summary provides an introduction to human trafficking amongst children, national plans on their protection, and recommendations for action.

The report and page provide information on the ranking of Laos on the index, as well as factors that explain for the rank.

This Decree is issued for the purpose of implementing the Land Law relating to the management, protection, use and development of land in an efficient, peaceful, and fair manner...