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Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2016-2020
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Action Plan
November 21, 2015
Objective 1: Improved vulnerable groups’ and poor households’ access to and/or control of productive natural resources, financial and support services, and to social protection...
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The World's Cities in 2016: Data Booklet
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,...
2016
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbani...
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Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Asian Development Bank
2015
This report shows that the low labor force participation of women is intimately related to how they allocate time between market and nonmarket activities. Indeed, in deciding wh...
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Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Sylvia Szabo, Robert J. Nicholls, Barbara Neumann, Fabrice G....
2016
The impacts of climate change on people's livelihoods have been widely documented. It is expected that climate and environmental change will hamper poverty reduction, or even ex...
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Joint Statement of the Implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production in ASEAN
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2013
Statement of the Ministers of Environment of the ASEAN member countries on implementing sustainable consumption and production.
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ABC of SCP: Clarifying Concepts on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
United Nations Environment Programme
2010
This publication “ABC of SCP” aims to clarify the main terms and concepts related to sustainable consumption and production, and other terms associated with sustainable developm...
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Borderlines: Vietnam's booming furniture industry and timber smuggling in the Mekong Region
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
2008
This report contains new information from field investigations carried out by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)and its partner Telapak. It exposes how the rapid growt...
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Measurement to Assess the Effectiveness of System-level and SDG Investing
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
William Burckart, Steve Lydenberg and Jessica Ziegler
2018
The report examines how investors can chart a course to assess system-level issues (like those contained in the SDGs) appropriate for their specific situation, and then establis...
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Education: Distribution of Enrolment by Field of Study: Tertiary Education
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 8, 2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics:...
The demand for higher education continues to grow as universities compete globally to attract students. But are students opting for private or public institutions? To what exten...
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Education: Gross Graduation Ratio
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 8, 2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics:...
The demand for higher education continues to grow as universities compete globally to attract students. But are students opting for private or public institutions? To what exten...
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Illiterate Population
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 8, 2018
Source: http://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/literacy
Despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the past 50 years, there are still 750 million illiterate adults around the world, most of whom are women. These numbers produced ...
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World Inequality Database on Education
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 8, 2018
Source: The following data sources have been used:
(a) For access and...
The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) brings together data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), national household s...
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Mekong-India Economic Corridor (Concept Paper)
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
2009
The Mekong-India Economic Corridor (MIEC) involves integrating the four Greater Mekong Countries viz. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam (here-in after referred as Mekong C...
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Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: Past trends, current status, future possibilities
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
WWF-Greater Mekong
2013
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positiv...
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Between the Plough and the Pick Informal, artisanal and small-scale mining in the contemporary world
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Books and book chapters
Edited by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
2018
Between the Plough and the Pick deepens our understanding of informal, artisanal and small-scale mining, popularly known as ASM. The book engages with wider scholarly conceptual...
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 1, 2018
Source: Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) - Oxford...
The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional income-based pove...
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The Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th edition
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
2013
The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) is an intergovernmental treaty whose mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local, regional and nation...
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Mysterious Mekong: New Species Discoveries 2012-2013
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
WWF Greater Mekong
2014
An extraordinary 367 new species were discovered in the Greater Mekong in 2012 and 2013. Among the species newly described by scientists are 290 plants, 24 fish, 21 amphibians, ...
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Forests and Forestry in the Greater Mekong Subregion to 2020
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2011
In the 12 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous changes in nearly every aspect. These cha...
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World Development Indicators: Deforestation and Biodiversity
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
February 13, 2018
Source: World Development Indicators, The World Bank
As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. This comprehensive dataset presents the most current and accurate...