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Rural finance in Laos: GIZ experience in remote rural areas
A report on challenges and successes of the GIZ in engaging in micro-financing in rural areas in Laos
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Laos’ hydropower generation capacity to jump almost four fold 2020
This media article reports about the Laos' hydropower and its plan for the future.
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Tunnelling Ahead as Laos-China Railway Proceeds on Track
This media article is about the construction of the Laos-China railway project. The project has a total investment of 40 billion Chinese yuan (about US$6 billion), 70 percent of...
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Master Plan on Development of the Rule of Law in the Lao PDR toward the year 2020
The Master Plan on the development of the Rule of Law State of the Lao PDR toward the year 2020 consists of three linked and interrelated parts as follows: Part I: The Evaluatio...
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Reaching forest cover target ‘a challenging task’: minister says
This article is about the forest cover in Laos and the government's action in planting trees.
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Reservoir Fisheries Management in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR
This report highlights a study on a reservoir fisheries management in Savannakhet province, Laos.The study covers a set of reservoirs and small waterbodies under different manag...
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Myanmar Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (MCCSAP) 2016–2030
The Myanmar Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (MCCSAP) presents a roadmap to guide Myanmar’s strategic responses and actions to climate-related risks and opportunities ove...
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Floristic characteristics and affinities in Lao PDR, with a reference to the biogeography of the Indochina peninsula
The flora of Laos is composed of 5,005 species in 1,373 genera and 188 families of seed plants. Floristic and geographical attributes of the flora were analyzed. Tropical floris...
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Carbon stock assessment using remote sensing and forest inventory data in Savannakhet, Lao PDR
Savannakhet Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR), is a small area that is connected to Thailand, other areas of Lao PDR, and Vietnam via road No. 9. This province has...
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Lao Social Indicator Survey II 2017
The Lao Social Indicator Survey II (LSIS II) was carried out in 2017 by Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB) in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and Sport,...
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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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Women fishers in community managed fisheries in Sekong River Basin
This report is about a one day workshop on women fishers in community managed fisheries in Sekong river basin in Laos. The participants included women fishers from six villages,...
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Urban development sector assessment, strategy, and road map- Lao PDR
This sector assessment, strategy, and road map documents current assessment and strategic investment priorities of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the...
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Sustainability
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction ; Sustainability in Global Environmental Politics ; Sustainability as a Bridging Concept: Promises and Pitfalls ; Conclusions...
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Business Operations Strategy: United Nations Lao PDR Partnership Framework 2017 - 2021
This Business Operations Strategy supports the realization of the One UN commitment to reduce institutional barriers, utilize shared data, analyses and advocacy to support integ...
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Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021 Progress Report 2017
This report titled Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021 Progress Report 2017 covers key development trends and results achieved under the Lao PDR UN Partner...
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The Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework (2017-2021)
The Lao PDR – UN Partnership Framework (UNPF) is an articulation of the shared commitment of UN Country Team to work together as one, to maximize its resources and contributions...
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Noi - The Adolescent Girl in Lao PDR
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims for equitable and inclusive development that leaves no one behind. This 15-year plan promises to help transform the futures of 1...
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Income options for the poorest of the poor: the case of cardamom in northern Laos
This study examines the potential of cardamom for poverty alleviation and sustainable rural development under conditions of increased resource scarcity in the uplands of norther...
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2016 Cluster Munition Remnants Report for Lao PDR
The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) made concrete progress in 2015 towards establishing a credible and reliable estimate for national contamination from cluster muniti...