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Breakdown along demographic lines, such as rural-urban, of the sections of the population that have access to electricity.

Presentation given on the introduction of the seventh national development plan and the progress and results of the sixth development.

A government-provided overview of the major sources of hydropower in Laos.

Discusses the Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant. Originally proposed for its power generation benefits to Lao PDR, the Nam Ngum 1 Dam creates significant additional benefits, includin...

United Nations case study review of the Asia Project's investment in renewable energy development in Laos.

Analysis of Lao dependence on hydropower and possibilities for development in other forms of renewable energy

Provides data on a series of aspects of Lao energy consumption, usage, and production.

Brief article about comments issued by a Lao official on predictions about the continuing growth of the energy sector in Laos

General overview of economic policies and energy information in regards to Lao policy.

A vision for cities has never been more important than it is today. More than half of the world’s inhabitants live in cities and this migration trend is expected to continue. By...

UN Millennium Development Goals (Goal 7) Fact Sheet

The pace of urban growth has been unprecedented. Around the turn of the century, for the first time in history, urban dwellers outnumbered their rural counterparts, and by 2015,...

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2016 71/256. New Urban Agenda

UN-Habitat and partners have prepared this “Monitoring Framework” as a guide to assist national and local governments in their efforts to collect, analyze, validate data and inf...

People across the Asia-Pacific region live with diverse and interlinked risks. These risks are related to increasingly severe and complex shocks to the political, social, econom...

Asia-Pacific countries need to accelerate progress against SDG 11 by empowering local governments and community groups to deliver against this goal in an integrated fashion acro...

UN-Habitat’s City Prosperity Initiative (CPI) is a global initiative that enables city authorities, as well as local and national stakeholders, to identify opportunities and pot...

The 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns (10YFP) is a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate...

This decree specifies the rules and measures on management and movement of the National Treasury Department to combine the centers of all state sources into the national treasur...

Article about jailing villagers for forest encroachment in the Thai village of Sakon Nakhon.