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Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Plan for Civil Society Strengthening (CSS) Project
This GEDSI Plan is developed to ensure GEDSI priorities are mainstreamed into all CSS’s work,including grantees’ scopes of work (both design and implementation) that advance th...
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World Bank Myanmar Monitoring Platform – Household Surveys
Since May 2020, the World Bank has conducted high-frequency phone surveys to understand how households are being affected by and responding to the changing environment. In each ...
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Project factsheet of Civil Society Support Activity: Cluster Anchor Grants
The proposed cluster seeks to make natural resource management more sustainable, inclusive and participatory, integrating the needs and concerns of indigenous peoples. The proje...
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Workshop report on extractive industrial and environmental data for better economy
The workshop on The Open of Extractive Industrial and Environmental Data for Better Economy, held on December 17th 2021 at Phnom Penh Era Hotel with a total of 46 participants, ...
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Policy brief on extractive industrial and environmental data for better economy
This Policy Brief is the result of the discussions that took place at the Workshop on The Open Extractive Industrial and Environmental Data for Better Economy. The workshop aime...
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Decision No. 40 on the establishment of a working group responsible for reviewing and advising on the provisions of the draft Law on Fisheries, draft Law on Forestry and draft Law on Protected Areas
This decision aims to establish a working group responsible for reviewing and advising on the provisions of the draft Law on Fisheries, draft Law on Forestry and draft Law on Pr...
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Sub-decree No.89 on Establishment of Southern Cardamom Mountains National Park
Southern Cardamom Mountains National Park is located in Koh Kong, Pursat, Kampong Speu, and Preah Sihanouk provinces with a total land area of 410,392 hectares. Annex of the geo...
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Seventh draft law on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
EIA draft laws aims to establish mechanisms for environmental impact assessments caused by all development projects. The draft law consists of 14 chapters with a total of 96 art...
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Myths and Risks of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement
As the signing of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) draws near, concerns over the secrecy surrounding the agreement’s negotiations and the risks it poses abou...
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Whose Crops, at What Price? Agricultural Investment in Myanmar
After years of international isolation, Myanmar is liberalizing its economy and seeking to attract foreign investment. But while foreign investment can play an important role in...
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Resistance and Reclamation: A study of joint CSO / local group efforts to contest land grabs in Myanmar’s rural communities
This research in Ayeyawaddy and Kachin suggests that trainings on knowledge about new laws and policies pertaining to land issues can be used by regional CSOs in partnership wit...
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Royal Decree No.436 on Establishment of "Techo Sen Russey Treb Cambodian Royal Academy Park"
"Techo Sen Russey Treb Cambodian Royal Academy Park" was established as the national park with archaeological, historical, cultural and natural characters, aiming to maintain su...
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BASF Myanmar Manufacturing Co., Ltd._Environmental Impact Assessment for Manufacturing of Construction Chemical Admixture
This report has been prepared by the third party, E Guard Environmental Services Co., Ltd., for BASF Myanmar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for the project of Manufacturing of Construc...
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Beneficial Ownership: Tackling Hidden Company Ownership Through Myanmar's EITI Process
This paper focuses on a new and ground-breaking provision of EITI: a requirement for the identities of the real owners – the ‘beneficial owners’ – of extractive industry compani...
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Water Grabbing in the Mekong Basin – An Analysis of the Winners and Losers of Thailand’s Hydropower Development in Lao PDR
This paper examines how powerful state and private actors from within Thailand and Lao PDR mobilise power to control the benefits from hydropower while the social and environmen...
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Laos - Country partnership framework for the period FY2017-FY2021
This document presents the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) for FY 2017-2021. The WBG CPF aims at su...
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On the right path? Land concessions in Laos
Land investment is booming in Laos, driven especially by demand for natural resources among its rapidly developing neighbours. Yet Laos remains one of the poorest countries in S...
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REDD+ in the Prey Lang Area
The purpose of this feasibility study aims to provide an assessment for developing a REDD+ initiative in the Prey Lang area. It is based on the national REDD+ process in Cambodi...
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Rice: The fabric of life in Laos
A report about the challenges and achievements of the rice sector in Laos. The report covers the challenge of establishing a reliable supply of rice in Laos, the challenges of f...
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Sowing seeds in lab and field: Socioeconomic impact of the Lao-IRRI rice research and training project
This impact study reports on the impact of the Lao-IRRI Project at the farm and national levels. The major impact indicators considered are increases in rice production and inco...