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Lao Development Report 2014
Although recent media reports of a perceived “skills problem” in Lao PDR have spurred an in-tense focus on the role of the education sector in creating the right skills, this fo...
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Remark by UN RC, UNDP RR at the closing session of the RTIM 2104
Remarks by the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP at a Round Table meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in 2014. Includes notes on MDGs, governance, economic devel...
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UNICEF Annual Report 2016: Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in 2016 witnessed a new Government and National Assembly; the implementation of the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (...
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Joint Statement Between ASEAN and China on Further Deepening the Cooperation on Infrastructure Connectivity
The Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China, gathered on the 50th Anniversary o...
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Green Growth Opportunities for Asia
This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future. Using patent and trade data, it analyzes the potential of Asia...
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Banking on the Future of Asia and the Pacific
The origins of this book lie in plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Inaugural Meeting of the Bank opened on 24 Novem...
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Statistics on Growth, Energy and Bilateral Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The “Statistics on Growth, Energy and Bilateral Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion” (third edition) was used as a meeting or reference document during the 9th Economic Corrid...
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Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program: Overview of the Regional Investment Framework 2022
The “Overview of the Regional Investment Framework 2022” was used as meeting document during the recently concluded 6th GMS Summit on 31 March 2018. The Regional Investment Fra...
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Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Procurement Manual
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is improving the delivery of infrastructure and public services through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), identified, prepared, tendered ...
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China as a development actor in Southeast Asia
This Evidence Report identifies and explains the central factors driving China’s policies towards Southeast Asia. It examines China’s foreign relations through the perspective o...
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Analysis of Cambodia’s Preparedness for the Implementation of Cambodia's Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges, Opportunities and Financing
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), envisioned, on top of all, to slash world poverty by half, will end this December 2015. The post MDGs development agenda termed the Sust...
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Development Cooperation and Partnerships Report
As a newly classified Lower-Middle Income Country (LMIC), Cambodia is seeking to consolidate and maintain its impressive track record of socio-economic progress. But realizing C...
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Who will finance development in Cambodia?
The Government is well positioned to lead and finance the next stage of national development. Managing partnerships with the private sector will be of increased importance while...
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Maintaining High Growth: Cambodia Economic Update
Cambodia continues to enjoy robust growth, albeit at a slightly slower pace. Real growth in 2014 is estimated to have reached 7.0 percent. The garment sector, together with cons...
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Asian Development Outlook 2015: Financing Asia's Future Growth
To achieve the steady growth envisaged in this report, policy makers in developing Asia need to be vigilant of potential risks. Risks to Asia’s growth prospects could come fro...
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Thailand Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
This report shows that Thailand has met several MDGs targets, i.e. poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality, fight against HIV/AIDS, access to clean drin...
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Taking Stock: An Update on Vietnam's Recent Economic Developments
A broad-based recovery in global economic activity has been taking hold since late 2016. Despite some moderation in economic activity in the first half of 2017, Vietnam’s econom...
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The Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan (1987-1991)
The principal goals of the Sixth Plan are to raise national development to a level that will enable the country to progress and prosper in the future and to solve the economic a...
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Low Carbon Green Growth Initiatives
The term Green Growth refers to sustainable economic and social dimensions within a supportive environment. The vision, mission, and objectives of the Eleventh National Economic...
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Land Transparency Study: Synthesis Report
This report presents the results of a novel study on land transparency in Vietnam; a study that focuses on the actual provision of information related to land. This study was pr...