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The annexes of a report commissioned by the Lao Land Issues Working Group to map the principles and process for preparing an environmental and social Code of Practice (CoP) for...

Project for Food Security and Livelihood Improvement through Sustainable Agriculture and Community based Natural Resource Management

to support the work of the SWG-ARD in matters regarding the Lao agro-biodiversity Main Purpose:to focus on policy aspects regarding the conservation and sustainable use of...

This report was commissioned by the Lao Land Issues Working Group and supported by funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. It was prepared during May-June...

The basic idea of “payments for environmental services”, or PES, is to create incentives for individuals and communities to protect environmental services by compensating them...

The Province of Huaphan is implementing Land Use Planning (LUP) as a way to achieve national development goals such as reduction of rural poverty, investment in land and...

This issue brief – the second in Stimson’s “Letters from the Mekong” series – examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects and...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a rugged, mountainous, landlocked country, with relatively weak infrastructure. As such, the country faces numerous challenges...

Groundwater is fast becoming an alternative source of fresh water for many rural communities in southern Laos in response to increasing rainfall variability and distribution, in...

The implementation of land consolidation has partially overcome the situation of agricultural land fragmentation in the localities across the country, bringing efficiency to...

The Guideline is prepared to support training of government officials in the development and use of spatial planning as an instrument towards sustainable development and better...

This report covers a mission conducted during the period May 4 to May 12, 2002 for the Integrated Upland Agricultural Research Project (IUARP), Luang Prabhang Province, Laos. A...

The research employs case studies to grasp the processes and forms of ongoing land consolidation, factors affecting land consolidation, viewpoints on land consolidation and...

Minutes of the SWGAB Government/Development Partners Sub-Sector Working Group on Farmer & Agribusiness meeting on 16th September 2013. This document includes happenings and...

Paper prepared for presentation at the “ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”. The World Bank - Washington DC, April 8-11, 2013. "The paper begins with a political...

The Rice-based Integrated Farming System project, known as RIFS, is the first phase of an integrated rural development program, where agriculture plays a leading role. The...

In order to achieve the7th national Socio-economic Development Plan and to graduate from the least developed countries in the year 2020 , the Lao government has been trying to...

The Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment was conducted by an international team of experts directed by the Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) under a formal agreement...

Press Release: [San Francisco, CA, April 2018] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is the 8th largest river in the world, traversing eight countries with some 60 million people....

This is a rich information source that can be used as an advocacy tool for advancing decent work in Viet Nam. The report provides an overview of recent labour market trends in...