666 datasets found

A dissertation by Keith D. Barney for Graduate Program in Geography at York University documenting commodity production and state power shaping the forest and paper sector in...

This media article discusses about the Lao PDR's government that has agreed in principle to a plan to build a 14-km expressway linking Vientiane city centre to the outskirts in...

This report highlights Laos investment in forest management and opportunities for REDD+. The report discusses the forest sector in Laos and summarises the Laos REDD+ programme....

Laos is a pilot country of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), a targeted programme of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF), which is one of two funds within the framework of the...

This policy brief examines the institutional and legal framework surrounding forest conversion in Lao PDR, giving special consideration to the social, environmental, and legal...

The report is the fisheries and aquaculture productions in reservoirs in Laos. The overall aim of this report is to provide better information on reservoir fisheries and...

The report is about the legislative review on fisheries and aquaculture in Laos. The government of Laos has recognized the need for a national legal framework to be developed to...

This report profiles biodiversity in the Lao PDR with respect to forests. wetlands, and protected areas. It addresses the trends experienced for biodiversity protection and the...

The media article discusses the contract that Giant Rail Company Limited signed a with a Lao company to install railway route corridor posts for a planned line linking Laos’...

Article examines tools for 'resolving' global land grabs through study in Laos. Looks at property formalization and the connection between specific land grabs and larger...

The Basic Education Sector Development Program (BESDP) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) provides significant benefits to students by increasing access to lower...

Updated yearly, this fact sheet provides social and economic indicators on Laos as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information....

This annual report offers the trends of economic development in Lao PDR in 2017.

In 2011, the World Bank Group commenced a multi-year program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education...

This webpage provides information on the minimum wage in Laos, how it compares to that of other countries, and other facts and statistics about the country.

The sites give a profile of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

An overview of an advocacy workshop and program conducted by the Lao government on addressing gender issues in policy.

The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture,...

A policy brief on gender issues in the Lao PDR preapred as part of the Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management in Remote Greater Mekong Subregion Project.

An overview and analysis of the statistics on violence against women from the Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experience.