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Overlooked and Undermined: Communities Affected by Jade Mining Operations in Myanmar, and the Responsibilities of Companies Providing Machinery
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Swedwatch and Church of Sweden
2018
Since early 2000s, the dramatically increased use of heavy mining machinery in Myanmar has enabled the extraction of minerals at an unprecedented speed. Impacts on local communi...
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Development or Destruction? The Human Rights Impacts of Hydropower Development on Villagers in Southeast Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) and Karen River Watch (KRW)
2018
Myanmar needs to acknowledge and address a number of salient concerns if it going to use hydropower to meet its future electricity needs. Most of Myanmar’s abundant hydropower r...
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Trafficking in persons from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar to Thailand
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
2017
This report covers human trafficking within Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar. Afterwards, further observations and intervention methods are covered.
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Catalyzing Subnational Development in Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Kyosuke Inada, The Asia Foundation
2014
This paper aims to extract lessons from development partners’ engagement in Myanmar to offer suggestions for improved subnational governance and balanced regional development. T...
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Comments on Draft report on Myanmars National REDD+ Strategy
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Forest Trends
2018
In March, 2018, the Myanmar REDD+ program released its National REDD+ strategy draft report. Forest Trends has provided the following comments to the report authors in hopes tha...
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Myanmar Economic Bulletin: Volume 1, Number 1
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Myanmar Development Institute (MDI)
2018
Welcome to the first issue of the Myanmar Economic Bulletin, the flagship publication of the Myanmar Development Institute (MDI). A think-tank established by the notification fr...
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Promoting Transparency and Monitoring of Contracts
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
2014
Members of parliament play a key role in monitoring the implementation of oil, gas, and mineral contracts. Public disclosure of such contracts is a critical prerequisite for p...
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Alternatives to Land Grabbing: Smallholder Engagement in Commodity Booms in Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
RobCramb,VongpaphaneManivong,JonathanNewby,KemSothorn,PatrickSujang
2015
Given the widespread smallholder impulse to engage in commodity booms in Southeast Asia and the potential for this engagement to offer a more inclusive development pathway than ...
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Annual Country Reviews 2018-19 [Mekong Land Research Forum]
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Mekong Land Research Forum
2019
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the fiel...
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Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Mark Grimsditch
2017
"Since the adoption of China's 'going out' strategy, Chinese enterprises have been strongly encouraged to engage overseas in a range of sectors, including agriculture. This has ...
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A New Dawn for Equitable Growth in Myanmar? Making the Private Sector Work for Small-Scale Agriculture
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Jasmine Burnley, Oxfam GB
2013
The new wave of political reforms have set Myanmar on a road to unprecedented economic expansion, but, without targeted policy efforts and regulation to even the playing field, ...
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Agribusiness Models for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar: Diagnosis and Ways Forward
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Derek Byerlee, Dolly Kyaw, San Thein, Seng L Kham, , MDRI-CESD,...
2014
Myanmar is at a crossroad. Given high levels of landlessness and land inequality and low productivity of most small and medium-scale farmers (SMFs), the country is searching for...
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ASEAN Key Figures 2018
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ASEAN Secretariat
2018
The ASEAN Key Figures 2018 is the inaugural issue of a new publication by the Statistics Division (ASEAN stats) of the ASEAN Secretariat. The publication provides rea...
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Five-Year Strategic Plan for Health Information System in Myanmar (2011-2015)
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Department of Health Planning, Ministry of Health
The Health Information System Strategic Plan (2011-2015) is the first strategic plan for Health Information System in Myanmar. Before that all activities conducted for strengthe...
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Customary Land Management and Legal Frameworks: Experiences from Around the World
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jason Lubanski, EthJason Lubanskinic Community Development Forum (ECDF)
2014
This purpose of this paper is to present a brief summary of the issues and current situations facing ethnic and indigenous communities around the world that are using a customar...
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Briefing Paper on Research on Agricultural Investments
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ICCO, LIFT, FSWG, Food Security Working Group, Interchurch...
2015
Agricultural investments are crucial to improve productivity and to raise the incomes and food security. Investments by small-holder farmers themselves are the main source of ag...
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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis: Forest Resources Sector Report
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and...
2019
This report analyzes the underlying challenges, builds on international best practice, and makes recommendations on the forest sector in Myanmar.
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Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles 2018 Myanmar
Myanmar
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
World Health Organization
2018
The country profile provides a snapshot of the current situation regarding non-communicable diseases in Myanmar. It shows current estimates, risk factors to develop non-communic...
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Joint external evaluation of IHR Core Capacities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Health Organization
2018
The International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) provide obligations and rights for States Parties. In some States Parties, implementation of the IHR (2005) may require new or ...
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Statement by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand On Behalf of ASEAN Member States at the SDG Summit
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
United Nations
2019
This is a Statement by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand on Behalf of ASEAN Member States at the SDG Summit in September 2019.