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United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) Phase III [2007-2013]
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
UNIAP
2013
The report is organized into four key themes, i.e. capacity building and setting standards; promoting evidence-based programming and policy making; coordination, collaboration, ...
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Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experiences 2014: A Study on Violence against Women
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Lao PDR
2015
There is growing recognition globally and also in Lao PDR that VAW is a serious public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Yet in Lao PDR, VAW is culturally ...
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Human Trafficking Snapshot: Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
International Organization of Migration
2018
This Human Trafficking Snapshot was developed to provide background for practitioners who want to conduct counter trafficking activities in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao ...
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Broken promises shattered dreams a profile of child trafficking in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF
2011
This study, which profiles the phenomena of child trafficking, provides insight into the underlying factors and causes of trafficking. It identifies trafficking routes and metho...
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Global Monitoring Status of Action Against Sexual Exploitation of Children: Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ECPAT International
2017
The publication provides information on national plans of action and policies on the protection of children. It also discusses prevention and protection approaches, specifically...
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The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2011
This study on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Lao PDR was commissioned through a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF ...
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Voluntarism and Regional Integration: ASEANs 20 Years of Cooperation on Human Trafficking
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jadice Lau
2017
What does ASEANs twenty-year cooperation on human trafficking say about regional integration? This paper assesses ASEANs capacity to solve the regions long-lasting human traffic...
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Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Uncovering the Dynamics of State Commitment and Compliance
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Catherine Renshaw
2016
In Part I of this Article, Renshaw explains some of the current theories about how and why states come to adopt human rights norms and then translates these norms into laws and ...
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Five-Year Strategic Plan for Health Information System in Myanmar (2011-2015)
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Department of Health Planning, Ministry of Health
The Health Information System Strategic Plan (2011-2015) is the first strategic plan for Health Information System in Myanmar. Before that all activities conducted for strengthe...
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Customary Land Management and Legal Frameworks: Experiences from Around the World
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jason Lubanski, EthJason Lubanskinic Community Development Forum (ECDF)
2014
This purpose of this paper is to present a brief summary of the issues and current situations facing ethnic and indigenous communities around the world that are using a customar...
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Briefing Paper on Research on Agricultural Investments
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ICCO, LIFT, FSWG, Food Security Working Group, Interchurch...
2015
Agricultural investments are crucial to improve productivity and to raise the incomes and food security. Investments by small-holder farmers themselves are the main source of ag...
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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis: Forest Resources Sector Report
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and...
2019
This report analyzes the underlying challenges, builds on international best practice, and makes recommendations on the forest sector in Myanmar.
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Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals: 2019
Global
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations Economic and Social Council
2019
The present report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is submitted in response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1)
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ASEAN Statistical Report on Millennium Development Goals 2017
South-eastern Asia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ASEAN Secretariat
2017
The adoption of the Joint Declaration on the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the 14th ASEAN Summit in 2009 signi ed the ASEAN Leaders’ commitment to end...
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Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles 2018 Myanmar
Myanmar
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
World Health Organization
2018
The country profile provides a snapshot of the current situation regarding non-communicable diseases in Myanmar. It shows current estimates, risk factors to develop non-communic...
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Joint external evaluation of IHR Core Capacities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Health Organization
2018
The International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) provide obligations and rights for States Parties. In some States Parties, implementation of the IHR (2005) may require new or ...
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Statement by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand On Behalf of ASEAN Member States at the SDG Summit
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
United Nations
2019
This is a Statement by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand on Behalf of ASEAN Member States at the SDG Summit in September 2019.
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Financial protection analysis in eight countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Hui Wang, Lluis Vinyals Torres & Phyllida Travis
2018
The study was made to document the financial protection status of eight countries of the South-East Asian region and to investigate the main components of out-of-pocket expendi...
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Public Spending on Health: A Closer Look at Global Trends
Global
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Health Organization
2018
{"en": "The 2018 global health financing report presents health spending data for all WHO Member States between 2000 and 2016 based on the SHA 2011 methodology. It shows a trans...
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Combatting Human Trafficking in East Asia: Mind the Gaps
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Julius Cesar Trajano
2018
Despite the ratification of global and regional anti-trafficking frameworks and enactment of relevant national laws, human trafficking remains an endemic security problem in Eas...