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Trying to follow the Money: Possibilities and limits of investor transparency in Southeast Asia’s rush for “available” land
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Michael B. Dwyer
2015
This study uses publicly available financial and spatial data to examine the geography of land-intensive investment in Southeast Asia, and to identify the limits imposed by pro...
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Land Rights Matter! Anchors to Reduce Land Grabbing, Dispossession and Displacement
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Professor Andreas Neef, Caroline Kruckow, Maike Lukow
2016
A comparative study of land rights systems in Southeast Asia and the potential of national and international legal frameworks and guidelines.
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Land tenure security and poverty reduction
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
2012
"Land is fundamental to the lives of poor rural people. It is a source of food, shelter, income and social identity. Secure access to land reduces vulnerability to hunger and po...
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Human security and land rights in Cambodia
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Beban, Alice, Pou Sovachana
2014
The report of a project exploring human security and land rights in Cambodia. The project used a human security framework to address two questions: (1) What kind of insecurities...
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Economic land concessions profile: Land and Developing (Cambodia)
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
2011
A webpage list showing company name, address, director name and nationality, status of company registration with the Ministry of Commerce, legal papers and investment rights, EL...
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Opportunities, risks and growing inequality: The Charoen Pokphand Group and maize smallholder production in Shan State, Myanmar
Myanmar
Case studies
Kevin Woods, The Land Core Group
2015
A case study commissioned and published by Land Core Group and conducted by Kevin Woods on the risks, opportunities and inequalities presented by contract farming and industrial...
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Groundwater for irrigation in Cambodia
Cambodia
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Robyn Johnston, Michael Roberts, Thuon Try, Sanjiv de Silva,...
2013
A discussion paper by Robyn Johnston, Michael Roberts, Thuon Try and Sanjiv de Silva on groundwater for irrigation in Cambodia, published by International Water Management Insti...
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Climate change and institutional adaptation in transboundary river basins
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jochen Hinkel, Timo Menniken, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact...
2007
A research paper by Jochen Hinkel and Timo Menniken on institutional adaptation to the effects of climate change in management of transboundary river basins, published in 2007 ...
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Livelihoods and food security on the Mekong River
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Mervyn Piesse, Future Directions International
2016
An analysis paper by Future Directions International on livelihood considerations and food security in the Lower Mekong countries, published in May 2016.
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Comment of EarthRights International on the Paperwork Reduction Act review for proposed reporting requirements on responsible investment in Burma
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
EarthRights International
2012
A submission from EarthRights International regarding the Paperwork Review Act approval process for the reporting requirements. On July 11, 2012, the U.S. Government announced ...
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Reflections on Lao Civil Society
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Kepa
2015
In this paper, Kepa publishes reflections on the state of civil society in Laos. These reflections, based on Kepa’s own work with its partners, member organisations and their pa...
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Time to review land policy: National Assembly members
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
2010
This dataset has no description
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Thailand’s 20 year program to title rural land (draft)
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Anthony Burns
2004
In 1982 the population of Thailand was about 48 million and there was increasing pressure on land resources. This paper describes how the Department of Lands designed and implem...
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Land is life: A policy advocacy case study of the Northern Thailand land reform movement
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jason Lubanski
2012
This case study provides an in-depth examination of the work of the Thailand Northern Land Reform Movement using the framework of Jeff Unsicker’s “Policy Advocacy Circles”. Due ...
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Strengthen community voices for informed choices: Land-use and land-use change in Central Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bert Maerten, Oxfam, Prof Dr Dang Hung Vo and Dr Nguyen Do Anh Tuan
2012
This dataset has no description
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Who suffers most from extreme weather events? Weather-related loss events in 2013 and 1994 to 2013
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
S. Kreft, D. Eckstein, L. Junghans, C. Kerestan and U. Hagen
2014
According to the Climate Risk Index, less developed countries are generally more affected than industrialised countries. The countries affected most in 2013 were the Philippines...
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Securing Livelihoods and Land Tenure in Rural Myanmar
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, UN-Habitat
2013
The Myanmar government introduced two new land laws in 2012 as part of an effort to liberalize land markets. This report analyzes the implementation of these laws using theory, ...
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USAID property rights and resource governance country profile - Burma
Myanmar
Profiles - Geographical areas and sites
USAID
2013
A USAID country profile of Myanmar. The profile includes indicators on population, land, fresh water, trees and forests and minerals, with discussion for each covering resource ...
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Land policy and land law: extended synopsis
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Natalia Scurrah, Philip Hirsch
2015
An extended abstract of Natalia Scurrah and Philip Hirsch's report on land law in the Mekong region, published by Mekong Land Research Forum.
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The failure of land dispute resolution mechanisms
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
2014
This brief considers the current state and practice of dispute resolution mechanisms in Cambodia, which have been formed to address land disputes and conflicts. The first sectio...