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Briefing Package: Assessment of Environment and Land-Related Policy, Legal & Regulatory Frameworks, Gaps & Needs of Agricultural Investment Stakeholders in Lao PDR (E-RAI Project)
This Briefing Packet outlines key findings and recommendations of the E-RAI project in four key topics: 1. Analysis of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks in Laos 2. Assessment of...
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Environment and agricultural investment in Lao PDR: An assessment of impacts, gaps and needs of agricultural investors, local authorities and communities affected by investments
This report describes the current situation of environmental impacts arising from agricultural investments in northern Lao PDR, and identifies key gaps and needs of stakeholders...
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Responsible Agricultural Investment in Lao PDR: Overview and Implications for Policy Making
A policy brief highlighting recommendations to achieve responsible agricultural investment in Lao PDR.
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Study on Repatriation and Social Reintegration Assistance: Lao Victims of Trafficking Returned from Thailand
Social reintegration is a key strategy of both the Lao and Thai governments in combating trafficking in persons and protecting victims of trafficking (VOTs). Processes,...
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Indidenous Women in decisions making training of trainner
This documents had translate form english handbook conducted by AIPP, supported by UNDP, This handbook had developed into target of 3 ethnics group as: Hmong, Khamu and Khatang
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Building up land concession inventories: The case of Lao PDR
The national inventory of land purchases and leases in Lao PDR is unique in providing comprehensive in-depth analysis of the extent and impacts of large scale land acquisitions...
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Livelihood factors and household strategies for an unexpected climate event in upland Northern Laos 2015
This study evaluated the livelihoods of upland people in northern Laos following an unexpected climate event—early onset of the rainy season. The study helps explain...
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Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: The Nam Mang 3 project in Laos February 2015
Hydropower development in the vicinity of the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project has impacted farming households and communities. The impacts vary with household access to livelihood...
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Eighth National Five Year Socio-Economic Development Plan
The Five Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan VIII (2016-2020) (8th NSEDP) is a means of implementing the National Strategy on Socio-Economic Development until 2025 and...
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Discussion Paper: The Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic November 2015
This is an analysis to inform discussion between the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and the United Nations (UN) on the adaptation of the...
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Discussion paper: The sustainable development goals in the context of the Lao people’s democratic republic november 2015
This is an analysis to inform discussion between the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and the United Nations (UN) on the adaptation of the...
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The political economy of land governance in Lao PDR 2015
n summary, Laos has moved through several key tran-sitions from the colonial period, to wartime, to a period of inwardly-focused socialist practice, to a more outwardly oriented...
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Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity
a land-locked country, Lao PDR is an historically, culturally and environmentally rich country with diverse landscapes and ethnic populations. It is located at the...
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Decree on Land Lease or Concession
Decree on Land Lease or Concession
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Agrarian land-use transformation in northern Laos
Farmers in northern Laos have been experiencing a rapid transformation from subsistence agricultural production to intensive cash crop cultivation over the last decade....
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Biodiversity Wild Mushrooms–Edible and Medicinal Species Local Knowledge and Use
Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are potentially available for domestic consumption and sales. Locally, some...
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Timber markets and trade between Laos and Vietnam: A commodity chain analysis of Vietnamese driven timber flow
This study examines the timber trade between Laos and Vietnam, exploring power and political dynamics of the trade between the two countries. The study has adopted a commodity...
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Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models: Preliminary research findings
Research from seven countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) in the Asia-Pacific region shows that sustainable practices are...
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Power, progress and impoverishment: Plantations, hydropower, ecological change and community transformation in Hinboun District, Lao PDR
This report documents the contemporary ecological, social and economic transformations occurring in one village in Lao PDR’s central Khammouane province under multiple sources...
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Food and nutrition security atlas of Lao PDR
In the context of a growing body of data across multiple sectors in Lao PDR, the Food and Nutrition Security Atlas was published with the aim of providing an up-to-date...