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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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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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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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Use of remittances by migrants to banana plantations in Bokeo 2016
Here the ratio for consumption and investment was almost exactly reversed, with 20.0% planned for consumption against 55.7% for investment. Hous...
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Rubber institutions in Ban Hat Nyao: Managing trees, markets and producers
Rubber development in Ban Hat Nyao was a complex process involving community, government and market actors. Rubber has complicated land management, increasing ...
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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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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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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...
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ASEAN Statistical Yearbook 2016/2017
The primary aim of the ASY is to provide accurate, reliable and timely historical annual data on ASEAN in the following fields: population, education, health, employment, macroe...
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The ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME)
Description of the ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment.
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SEAFDEC Initiatives Toward Sustainable Development of Fisheries in ASEAN Region
Description, scope, deliverables, and resources mobilized for SEAFDEC's implementation of SDG 14.
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About SEAFDEC
Description of SEAFDEC.
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SDGs WEEK: Global Water Partnership Southeast Asia's Significant Contribution in Networking Session. 27 November – 1 December 2017 Bangkok, Thailand.
Asia and the Pacific has made impressive progress towards achieving several sustainable development goals including poverty alleviation, education and economic growth. At the sa...