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Benjamin Hodgdon chronicles the experience of an NGO-supported project recently discontinued by the Lao government to highlight the ongoing serious problems plaguing Laos’...

Purpose to set up Community Forestry is to protect rights on land/forest and to protect precious spieces

An efficient Model for systematic Land Registration (SLR) is approved design & test SLR Model based on practical land registration activities in LNT; training in survey...

The purpose of this research is to attempt to quantitatively confirm or refute a qualitative impression of sustainability of swidden cultivation in Nakai-Nam Theun national...

A presentation of the Land Information Working Group discussing issues related to communal land and policy recommendations for communal land titling and the national land policy.

A project outline for a rubber plantation in Bolikhamxay province, including overview of social and environmental issues in the project area, government policies and...

This paper aims to analyze the spatial distribution of mining and hydro projects in Lao PDR.

The purpose of this technical booklet is to explain the procedures, methods and practices for participatory forest and land use zoning as tested and practiced in target areas of...

The focus of this study is on the smaller areas (<1 to 10 ha) that are being developed by farmers into paddy land. The objectives of the study were to understand 1) why...

The Community Procurement Manual and related forms used for the sub-project implementations are intended in helping the Communities to carry out the procurements under the...

Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and subsistence production is the norm. Contract farming is...

Aid officials need to focus less on what they consider expediency and should be willing to consider suspending or terminating involvement in specific projects that are causing...

This report is a review and analysis of rice production policy in Laos and its effect on smallholder farmers, through a pro-poor lens. It also analyzes the rice value chain for...

Management and supervision of step with the people in the workplace; Ensure data separation requirements necessary and priorities of women, men, by sex gender of each family,...

Meeting minutes of the first meeting of the 7L Sekong Basin Sub-Area committee meeting, including discussion of plans to reduce poverty within and sustainably develop the basin...

A presentation of a consultant's findings regarding village resettlement in Laos, mostly due to hydropower dams. Includes analysis of the legal framework in Laos, drivers of...

Proceedings from a National Assembly of Laos workshop centered on forest and land tenure rights, with goals to: -learn from the experience of other countries how they have...

The Sixth National Socio-Economic Development Plan was prepared based on the overall targets of the Socio-Economic Development Strategy until the year 2020 and Resolution of the...

This report is an assessment of villagers' livelihoods and poverty in Attapeu Province in an effort to pinpoint areas for poverty reduction in development projects.

An archaeological account of population trends and ethnic diversity in Laos dating back thousands of years, including description of agricultural development and spread of rice...