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An alternative approach to land and forest management in northern Lao PDR
This chapter aims to illustrate the land use and livelihoods of Kmhmu ’upland farmers in Pak Beng, identify the key challenges facing the local communities and make sugges...
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Cambodian Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-2023
The Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014 – 2023 (CCCSP) is well designed to fill the policy gap, complement on-going efforts and meet the emerging challenges of developm...
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Large scale land acquisition in southeast asia rural transformations between global agendas and peoples’ right to food
This working paper presents the findings and analysis of a 2 years long research project entitled Large-‐scale land acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural transformations betwee...
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Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: successes and failures 2015
Laos has become a LSLA hotspot in Southeast Asia, at least in terms of investor interest and hectares granted, if not in area implemented. For a small country such as Laos, an i...
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Hydropower sector review for the Joint Basin planning process
The Basin Development Plan Phase 2 (BDP2) is designed to provide an integrated basin perspective through the participatory development of a rolling Integrated Water Resources Ma...
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Transnational land deals for agriculture in the Global South: Analytical report based on the Land Matrix data
This report draws on the Land Matrix database to analyze and better understand the phenomenon of large-scale agricultural land deals. It focuses on: » land acquisitions or inve...
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Indigenous Peoples’ and land: Comparing communal land titling and its implications in Cambodia and Laos
In recent years there have been significant changes in how the category of ‘Indigenous Peoples’ has become conceptualised in Cambodia. Indeed, in 1993, neither Indigenous ...
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Review of the contributions of the MDG Agenda to foster development: Lessons for the post-2015 UN development agenda
Following on the outcome of the 2010 High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations Secretary-General established the...
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Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
This is the final text of the outcome document adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13–16 July 2015) and endorsed...
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World Mining Data
An analysis paper on World Mining Data. The sufficient supply of minerals and other raw materials under fair market conditions is an essential basis for a well-functioning econo...
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Hydropower and economic development
A training manual on hydropower and economic development.
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They will need land!
A report by Jean-Christophe Diepart on They Will Need Land, The current land tenure situation and future land allocation needs of smallholder farmers in Cambodia.
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Comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development
A training manual by Brian Hollingworth on comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ...
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Sustaining river basin ecosystems in hydropower development
A training manual by James Ramsay on Sustaining river basin ecosystems in hydropower development, published in Vientiane, Laos by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusamm...
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Benchmarking the Policies and Practices of International Hydropower Companies
Exploring the environmental and social policies and project performance of the Chinese overseas hydropower industry; Comparing of the environmental and social policies of Chine...
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Dealing with social aspects in hydropower development
A training manual by Dieter Heinsohn on Dealing with social aspects in hydropower development published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in ...
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Climate change and hydropower development
A training material by Joerg Hartmann on climate change and hydropower development published in May 2014 by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH i...
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Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment, Final Report
The Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment was conducted by an international team of experts directed by the Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) under a formal agreement (Me...
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New sustainable energy development plans for governments of Cambodia and Lao PDR could save the Mekong River
Press Release: [San Francisco, CA, April 2018] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is the 8th largest river in the world, traversing eight countries with some 60 million people. ...
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Innovative socio-economic policy for improving environmental performance: Payments for ecosystem services
ESCAP, its partners and Asia-Pacific countries have advocated “green growth” as a strategy to achieve sustainable development in the resource-constrained, high-poverty context o...