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A Dangerous Unselfishness – Learning from Strike Actions
We are living in an era of unprecedented wealth coupled with unprecedented inequality. Richest one percent of the global population owns the 82% of the wealth created in 2017.2 ...
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019: Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns.
This year’s report presents evidence that the absolute number of people who suffer from hunger continues to slowly increase. The report also highlights that food insecurity is m...
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Impacts of Mainstream Hydropower Dams on Fisheries and Agriculture in Lower Mekong Basin
This paper, however, discusses the fishery and agricultural sectors of the LMB and focuses on the downstream floodplains of Cambodia and Vietnam. The dam construction has caused...
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The effects of hydropower dams on the hydrology of the Mekong Basin
A research paper by Hecht, J. and Lacombe, G on The effects of hydropower dams on the hydrology of the Mekong Basin published in 2014 by CGIAR Research Program - WLE Greater Mek...
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Evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map
A report analysis by Ratha Chea, Gaël Grenouillet, Sovan Lek on evidence of water quality degradation in Lower Mekong Basin revealed by self organizing map, published in the Low...
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Thailand Country Commercial Guide – Labour Policies and Practices
In 2016, Thailand’s formal labor force was 38.3 million, or more than 56 percent of the population. Reported unemployment rates are well below full employment, at 1.0 percent ov...
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Chinese equity investments in energy reshape South and Southeast Asia - Greenpeace Analysis
A five-year 1,370% surge in Chinese equity investments in solar, wind, and coal projects around South and Southeast Asia means stronger financing options for wind and solar proj...
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Addressing Forest Governance Challenges in the Greater Mekong Region
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests, working with civil society partners as part of the European Union funded Voices for the Mekong Forests (V4MF) project, is seeking to...
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The Role of Social Safeguards in Addressing Forest Governance in FLEGT and REDD+
This presentation seeks to demonstrate how social safeguards can provide opportunities to address the forest governance challenges faced by FLEGT and REDD+. It discusses the imp...
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Diadromous Fishes in the Lower Mekong Basin
This is the presentation of An V. Vu at WWF Fish Migration Seminar in Yangon on 1 October 2019.
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The Twelfth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2017-2021)
In formulating the Twelfth Plan, the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) adhered to the 20-year National Strategy framework (2017-2036), the co...
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Forest policies in Asia – a regional synthesis
Historically, the main objective of forest management was timber production. Although forest policies and forest management objectives diversified and expanded long before the U...
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National Forest Policy Review: Thailand
Forestry policies do not last long and lack continuity. Some problems are solved temporarily but emerge again in the future. If policies are not incorporated into the national s...
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State of the Basin report 2018
This State of the Basin Report 2018 assesses conditions within the Mekong basin and the impacts, both positive and negative, that developments and use of the water and related n...
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Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is characterized by much diversity in terms of geography, society, economic development, and health outcomes. The health syste...
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Regional Report on Nutrition Security in ASEAN, Volume 2
In 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published the “Regional Report on Nutrition Security in ASEAN, Volume 1”,...
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Regional report on nutrition security in ASEAN, Volume 1
The association of Southeast asian nations, or ASEAN, aims to accelerate economic growth and social progress by promoting active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters o...
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Land tenure data in Thailand
This article reviews land tenure Systems and land tenure data in Thailand in order to illustrate the importance of such information for policy-making. The article also discusses...
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Labor migration in the greater Mekong sub-region - synthesis report : phase 1
Migration has been occurring in the GMS for centuries, largely in an informal and unregulated fashion. The GMS Labor Migration program, launched in June 2005 as part of the Worl...
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Informational Basis of Policy Judgments: The Case of the Royal Forest Department of Thailand
This report presents a preliminary analysis of policy formation in the area of forest management in Thailand. Despite its remarkable record of industrialization and economic gro...