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Land governance – the mechanisms and processes by which society determines how land is used, for what purpose, and with what distribution of rights and benefits – is central to...

Development and implementation of direct seeding mulch- based cropping systems in South-east asia “Case studies from the Lao national agro-ecology

There are several dimensions of resource competition and actual or potential resource conflict in the NamNgum Watershed. Most immediately for manycommunities, competition...

Cultivated land covers about 2 million ha (5%), rice is occupying 60-70%

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...

In view of these major socioeconomic and agricultural changes (e.g. increasing land pressure, income diversification and changing labour, resources and capital...

Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and...

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...

Coffee value chain gathers development issues to be tackled in the frame of Strategy pillars and implementation principles, and in order to the national socio - economic...

Agriculture sector is very important:70 % of the population participate in the agriculture and livestock production. contributing about 33% of national GDP and Livestock...

Assessment of the State Land Lease Concessions Inventory (SLLCI), a database of land-based investment in Laos containing information of area, capital, and investment origin.

10 year review development work research

Village leaders suggested using demonstration plots as a way for interested households to follow the progress of production and profit. Attitudes also need to be addressed to...

Over the last four years, the Lao Statistics Bureau has conducted two major activities that significantly improve our understanding of poverty in the Lao PDR

The study was conducted in two provinces, namely Houaphan (District: Viengxay and Xiengkhor) and Xiengkhouang (Districts: Phaxay and Kham). 12 villages in the two provinces were...

The Government and the Partners will work together to enhance future development cooperation through consultative processes, to provide indicative commitments of...

Lao PDR official document on guidelines and goals for partnerships with international development organizations.

there are some problem: Illegal logging and timber trade cause the low price by 25-30% of Lao timber compared to the world market price. Government has lost huge revenues in the...

Kaysone PhomvihaneSocio-Economic Development Plan for 2010-2014 identifieskey infrastructure projectsfor priority investments. These include urban infrastructure...

Decree on Tax Revisions, Taxation Profits, and Income Taxes