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‘Whether you go illegally or legally in the end it’s the same, you’re cheated’ - A study of formal and informal recruitment practices of Lao workers migrating to Thailand
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sosamphanh, Bounthavy, Senedouangdeth, Dexanourath; Phouxay,...
2008
The research presented in this report would not have been possible without the cooperation of numerous individuals, organisations, and companies. The research team is particular...
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Rural-urban migration and employment quality: A case study from Thailand
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Amare, Mulubrhan, Asian Development Bank, Hohfeld, Lena;...
2012
This study investigates the effects of rural–urban migration on economic development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel database of 2,000 rural households collected from 2008 to...
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Open for Business: Colombia’s Data-Driven Procurement Reforms Increase Competition
Global
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Open Contracting Partnership
2020
Open contracting helps Colombian governments boost participation & competitive tendering in a market where direct awards are common Urgency for reforms came from high-profile gr...
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Up to 2.7 million Thai travel, hospitality and tourism workers unemployed by September
Thailand
Archived web content
Jack Burton
2020
The president of the Thai Tourism Industry Council says confidence among Thailand’s tourism business operators fell to the lowest level in a decade during the second quarter thi...
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Laos kicks off new school year amid effective COVID-19 control
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
huaxia
Article from Xinhua Net announcing Laos school reopenings
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COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy Immediate responses and policy challenges
Global
Issue and policy briefs
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
2020
At the end of April 2020, the number of COVID-19 infections had exceeded 2.8 million cases worldwide, with the death toll nearing 195,000, and 210 countries and territories affe...
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COVID-19 employment and labour market impact in Thailand
Thailand
Issue and policy briefs
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
2020
The COVID-19 related impact on the economy in Thailand through both direct (generated by domestic lockdown) and indirect (supply and demand shocks in supply chains, including to...
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A Guide to The Thai Green Label Scheme
Thailand
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Thailand Environment Institute
2011
The scheme is developed to promote the concept of resource conservation, pollution reduction, and waste management. The purposes of awarding the green label are: • To provide r...
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Mass unemployment the new normal in SE Asia
Thailand
Archived web content
David Hutt
2020
A new International Labor Organization report suggests that more than one in six young people worldwide has stopped working since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the r...
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NESDC: 14.4m workers at risk
Thailand
Archived web content
Chatrudee Theparat
2020
Thailand may lose up to 14.4 million jobs in the second and third quarters, largely because of the coronavirus outbreak and widespread drought, says the government’s planning un...
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New COVID-19 Guidance Notes on Housing Rights
Global
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia
2020
Three guidance notes on housing rights issued by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing on COVID-19 and the protection of those living in homelessness, informal settlement, ...
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Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank and the World Bank
2012
This assessment synthesizes information and findings from recent literature and research on gender issues in Lao PDR for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank’s (W...
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Journalism, fake news & disinformation: handbook for journalism education and training
Cambodia
Books and book chapters
UNESCO, Julie Posetti, Cherilyn Ireton, Claire Wardle, Hossein...
2018
This book aims to provide a basic guideline and fundamental understanding for all journalists and relevant readers of the term Fake News and Disinformation.
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Kerry Worldbridge SEZ Breaks Ground
Cambodia
Archived web content
Cambodian Construction Association
2015
According to the news published by the Cambodian Construction Association website in 2015 through URL https://www.construction-property.com/kerry-worldbridge-sez-breaks-ground/...
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Thai ethnical groups who must not be forgotten
Thailand
Archived web content
Post Today
2018
After Thai society had conflicts, a group of intellectuals fled the city and went to the jungle, and meet with other ethnic groups who do not call themselves Thai. But it is a K...
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BTI 2016: Thailand country report
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bertelsmann Stiftung
2016
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management in 129 developing and transition...
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BTI 2014. Thailand country report
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bertelsmann Stiftung
2014
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 report for Thailand. The BTI analyzes and evaluates countries' movements toward democracy and a market economy. For 12...
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Global warming scapegoat: A new punishment measure imposed on indigenous peoples for practicing their sustainable traditional livelihood activities
Thailand
Issue and policy briefs
Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand, Northern Development...
2008
A brief about the Government of Thailand's arrest of two Karen farmers as they cleared fields for shifting cultivation, their traditional method of farming. The authors raise co...
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Open Budget Survey 2015: Thailand
Thailand
Issue and policy briefs
International Budget Partnership
2015
Thailand’s score of 42 out of 100 is a little lower than the global average score of 45. Drawing on internationally accepted criteria developed by multilateral organizations, th...
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Trapped in the kitchen of the world: The situation for migrant workers in Thailand’s poultry industry (Report #76)
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bergbom; Kalle
2015
Interviews with 98 migrant workers employed by four different Thai poultry producers, that all have exported to Sweden during the last three years, show an extensive variation o...