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Choosing survival: Finding a way to overcome current economic and political quagmires in Myanmar
This paper describes the current challenges Myanmar faces to shift to a system more inclusive of multiple interest groups. The authors provide background on the situation in Mya...
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Better land access for the rural poor: lessons from experience and challenges ahead
"This study highlights lessons from recent policy, law and practice to improve and secure access to rural land for poorer groups. It focuses on Africa, Latin America and Asia, w...
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Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
During 2012, a key choice facing developing countries revealed itself ever more starkly. Would they choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of t...
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Investment in land and water : proceedings of the regional consultation, Bangkok, 2001.
Summary report, recommendations and text of the "Bangkok Declaration" the total land area of the Asia and the Pacific region is 3,001 million ha or 22.9 percent of the world’s l...
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Global wage report 2014/15: Wages and income inequality
The Global wage report 2014/15 presents both the latest trends in average wages and an analysis of the role of wages in income inequality. The first part of the report shows tha...
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Asia Protected Planet Report 2014
Asia is the most populous region in the world, with a rich cultural and natural heritage. It includes several megadiverse countries and is home to a number of global biodiversit...
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Hiến chương Tài nguyên thiên nhiên 2011
Hiến chương về tài nguyên thiên nhiên (NRC) là bộ nguyên tắc nhằm hướng dẫn các chính phủ và xã hội dân sự về phương thức sử dụng hợp lý tài nguyên thiên nhiên nhằm mang lại lợi...
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Chuyển động cùng REDD, 2011
Ấn phẩm này chuyển ngữ (biên dịch) một số chương quan trọng từ bản tiếng Anh có tựa đề "Moving ahead with REDD: Issues, options and implications" của tác giả Angelsen, A do Trun...
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Protecting peace and prosperity in Southeast Asia: synchronizing economic and security agendas
This report outlines the need to strengthen links between Southeast Asia’s economic integration agenda and its security agenda. The report provides a brief overview of economic ...
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Environmental Performance Index: 2016 report
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries’ performance on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health and protection of ecosystem...
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Still banking on land grabs: Australia's four big banks and land grabs
This report reveals new links between Australia's big four banks and three land grabbing case studies previously documented in Oxfam's 2014 report Banking on Shaky Ground. The n...
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Cases of local transboundary environmental management in border areas of the Mekong watershed in Yunnan, China
This paper documents cases of transboundary environmental cooperation and issues in local institutional contexts in Yunnan, China. Cases include formal agreements on specific is...
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The politics of uncertainty: Knowledge production, power and politics on the Mekong River
This paper explores how uncertainty shapes transboundary water governance. It considers how a politics of uncertainty emerges alongside other political strategies, such as the p...
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Assessing the assessments: Transboundary impact assessment in the Mekong River and other international watercourses
A presentation on transboundary impact assessments (TIAs) in the Mekong River and other international watercourses. The presenter outlines research by the Environmental Law Inst...
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The fate of the Sesan river in Lower Mekong river basin
A presentation on the Sesan river and the proposed Sesan river and Yali Falls dam projects. The presenter discusses consequences of the Yali Falls Dam and the political and econ...
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The Don Sahong Dam: Potential impacts on regional fish migrations, livelihoods and human health
This paper focuses on the potential impacts of the Don Sahong Dam on fisheries, food security and poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries. The findings of the stu...
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Lessons learned from the ground: Two hydropower dams in the Mekong region
A presentation outlining lessons learned from dam projects using the case studies of the Kamchay Dam in Cambodia and Buon Kuop Dam in Vietnam. The presenter outlines the importa...
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Poverty and climate change: Reducing the vulnerability of the poor through adaptation
This paper focuses on the impacts of climate change on poverty reduction efforts in the context of sustaining progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and beyond. It di...
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Agricultural trade facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This report describes ADB's agricultural trade facilitation plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion. An agricultural trade facilitation plan lays out systematic ways that achieve ...
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Developing agreements for transboundary EIA in Asia: From sub-regional to regional?
A presentation discussing the potential for a regional agreement on transboundary environmental impact assessments (TEIA) in Asia. The presenter introduces regional and sub-regi...