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A study carried out as part of the final evaluation of the Laos-Australia NGO Cooperation Agreement (LANGOCA) Program
This research was carried out as part of the final evaluation of LANGOCA program, which aimed to reduce poverty and clear UXO across provinces in Laos. The objective of the stud...
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Selected NTFPs for development in Phoukoun, Xieng Nguen, Ngoi and Pakxeng districts, Luang Prabang
This report is a review of the use of NTFPs in Luang Prabang, with the aim of directing World Vision's work to further develop NTFPs and support poverty reduction for communitie...
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Building sustainable landscape management in the Lao P.D.R.
A review of participatory agriculture and forest land use planning (PLUP) in Lao PDR and how it can contribute to sustainable landscape management and livelihood improvement. In...
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Lao PDR: Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis
This is the first country-wide food security study undertaken in the Lao PDR. Its purpose is to provide WFP and its partners with a good understanding of the nature and extent o...
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IMF statement to 2014 round table implementation meeting in Lao PDR
IMF statement to the attendees at the 2014 Round Table Implementation Meeting in Lao PDR on the state of the Lao economy, poverty reduction, and fiscal stability.
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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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Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay District, Luang Phrabang Province, Lao PDR
Assessment of Phaxay District in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, including biophysical information, socio-economic, demographic and administrative data collected for the purpose of crea...
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Agricultural change in Lao PDR: Pragmatism in the face of adversity
This thesis examines current agricultural systems in Xieng Ngeun District, in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR and the economic and agrarian transition occurring at individual, c...
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Workshop summary: Sub-regional training workshop on timber legality assurance
Summary of workshop proceedings. Issues discussed included government oversight of and cooperation with private sector to ensure laws on timber logging are observed.
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Devolution of forest-related rights: Comparative analyses of six developing countries
The objectives of this study were to 1) analyse the contents and extent of forest-related rights that can be devolved to the local level according to the prevailing legal fram...
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Handbook on agro-ecosystems analysis and agro-ecological zoning: A tool for district land use planning
The agriculture sector in Lao PDR is under going rapid transformation from subsistence to commercialization. This is in line with the 6th Five Year Plan of the Government of La...
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Lao land concessions, development for the people?
In May 2007 Laos’ Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced a moratorium on the granting of new land concessions in order to give government time to rev...
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Progress Report on Forest Research Activities in 2005-2006
Research in 2005-2006 In addition to improving technology, the area of research on the farmers will also become a popular integrated demonstration
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Technical booklet 7 demonstrating agricultural land use practices in the uplands, September 2001
Agricultural Land Use Plans” are prepared with families who have been allocated parcels of agricultural land in the “village agricultural zone” with the aim of i...
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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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Principle of Action for Gender
Men and women are given equal opportunities in training to develop skills in development work.
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baseline-report-beung-kiat-ngong-wetlands-pathoumphone-district-champassak-province-lao-pdr
The Beung Kiat Ngong Wetlands complex is made up of a number of important wetland types, including swamps, lakes, peatlands and marshes. The edge of the wetland is forested, and...
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Draft background document ientiane, Lao PDR, 27th November 2015.
Lao PDR has political stability, with security, peace and an orderly society. The economy has been growing steadily main taining GDP growth of at least 7.5% ...
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Neends and potental for rural youth development in Lao PDR 2006.
This report reflects the findings of a study looking at how rural youth, and thus rural communities, are missing out on development opportunities more readily available to urban...
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The resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the interpretation of the terms of fees, land levy fees and land tax
The resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the interpretation of the terms of fees, land levy fees and land tax