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Turning Land into Capital for Whom? Crises and Alternatives of Land Commodification in Laos
On August 3rd, 2017, the Central Committee of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (hereafter, the Party) the only legally permitted political party and the dominant political...
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Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
"Since the adoption of China's 'going out' strategy, Chinese enterprises have been strongly encouraged to engage overseas in a range of sectors, including agriculture. This has...
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Open Data Inventory 2018 - Lao PDR
The profile page informs the state for open data in Lao PDR in 2018. Lao PDR ranks 162 in the Open Data Inventory 2018 with an overall score of 22%. The overall score is a...
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Introduction to Special Issue on "Land Governance in Laos"
In recent years there has been considerable controversy in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or Laos) regarding decisions by the government to issue long-term land...
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Dead in the Water: Global Lessons from the World Bank's model Hydropower project in Laos
In June 2018, the University of Wisconsin Press published a new book about the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Laos. The books findings relate to issues of environmental...
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Shifting Cultivation in Laos: Transitions in Policy and Perspective
This report addresses the complex issue of shifting cultivation, which was brought up at the 2011 Round Table Implementation Meeting between the Lao government and international...
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Ethnic group development plan for health governance and nutrition development project
The Ethnic Group Development Plan (EGDP) provides a strategy and a programmatic approach to enhance the inclusion of different ethnic groups in the Health Services Improvement...
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Civilising the uplands: development of rubber plantations in remote areas of Lao PDR
This paper begins with the global context of the rubber expansion. The paper then summarises what have been seen as the upland problems and some limited success to resolve the...
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Ethnic Groups Engagement Framework
This document is the Ethnic Group Engagement Framework (EGEF) for the proposed Lao Agriculture Commercialization Project (ACP) prepared in conjunction with the Lao PDR Ministry...
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A New Dawn for Equitable Growth in Myanmar? Making the Private Sector Work for Small-Scale Agriculture
The new wave of political reforms have set Myanmar on a road to unprecedented economic expansion, but, without targeted policy efforts and regulation to even the playing field,...
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Labor force participation and unemployment by gender and age group
A breakdown of labor force participation rates and unemployment rates by gender and age groups according to the 2014 Population and Household Census.
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Lao PDR: Health Sector Governance Program
The proposed Health Sector Governance Program will be implemented nationally with the overarching goal to increase access, quality, and utilization of essential health services,...
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Ethno-linguistic diversity and disadvantage
This paper examines various aspects of the living standards of Lao PDR‘s ethnic minority groups relative to that of the historically dominant Lao-Tai ethno-linguistic group....
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Governing Communal Land in the Lao PDR
Communally used land and resources comprise a critically important dimension of rural livelihoods in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Communal...
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Lao Women -Documenting the Lives of Rural Women in the Uplands of Laos
The Womens Lives Project Documenting the Lives of Rural Women in the Uplands of Laos was designed by the Lao Upland Rural Advisory Services (LURAS) with the aim of learning...
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Agribusiness Models for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar: Diagnosis and Ways Forward
Myanmar is at a crossroad. Given high levels of landlessness and land inequality and low productivity of most small and medium-scale farmers (SMFs), the country is searching for...
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Alarming Crackdown on a Group of Hmong Individuals in Laos
This news article gives information on the conflict situation between Lao government and Hmong individuals in late 2018.
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Situation of the ethnic and religious minorities In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
A brief summary of the situations and problems facing ethnic groups in the Lao PDR.
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Lao PDR Mobilizing ethnic communities for improved livelihoods and wellbeing
A summary of a World Bank project focused on community-level assistance and empowerment programs.
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Women's land and property rights under customary or traditional tenure systems in five ethnic groups in Lao PDR
An analysis of the the variation in access to justice systems and property rights for women from five ethnic groups in Laos.
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