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SDG 4
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong
September 18, 2020
Source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/
Dataset on indicators for SDG 4 with data available for the Lower Mekong Region September 2020
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Statement of ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry in Response to the Outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) to Ensure Food Security, Food Safety and Nutrition in ASEAN
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Joint Statement
April 15, 2020
Statement of ASEAN ministers on how to address the food security issue exacerbated by COVID-19.
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School closures in the Mekong Region
Mekong
September 15, 2020
Source: http://data.uis.unesco.org/#
dataset of school closures in the Mekong Region to September 10, 2020
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COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy Immediate responses and policy challenges
Global
Issue and policy briefs
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
2020
At the end of April 2020, the number of COVID-19 infections had exceeded 2.8 million cases worldwide, with the death toll nearing 195,000, and 210 countries and territories affe...
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Mekong Basin
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage on the Mekong River.
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Physiography
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Mekong River Commission
This is an archived webpage on the physiography of the Mekong River.
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Chinese Intentions Towards the Mekong River and Mainland South-East Asia
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Mervyn Piesse, Research Manager, Global Food and Water Crises...
2020
The Asian Development Bank estimated that South-East Asia will require $3.1 trillion between 2016 and 2030 to develop energy, transportation, water and sanitation systems for su...
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Cambodia, Global, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Convention
December 16, 1966
The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent d...
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Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Tom Fawthrop
2018
This is an archived webpage of an article on the Attapeu dam disaster from The Diplomat.
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News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Julia Wallace and Len Leng
2018
This is an archived webpage of an article on the lack of information for Laotians during the 2018 dam failure.
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South-east Asia: Drought - 2015-2017
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Reliefweb
This archived webpage gives a description of the Southeast Asia drought crisis in 2015-2017.
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Southeast Asia: Drought - 2019-2020
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Reliefweb
This archived webpage describes an ongoing drought crisis in Southeast Asia that began in 2019 (as at March 2020)
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Humanitarian health action - Definitions: Emergencies
Global
Archived web content
WHO
This is an archived webpage of WHO definitions of health emergencies.
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Northern Thailand was once a paradise. Now forest fires have made the air worse than Beijing’s.
Thailand
Archived web content
Emily Tamkin, Washington Post
This is an archived webpage of an article on the fires in Thailand in 2019.
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Thailand: Floods and Landslides - Aug 2019
Thailand
Archived web content
ReliefWeb
This is an archived webpage of a description of the 2019 floods and landslides in Thailand.
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Viet Nam: Floods and Landslides - Jun 2019
Viet Nam
Archived web content
ReliefWeb
This is an archived webpage on the floods and landslides in Vietnam in June 2019.
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Lao PDR/Cambodia: Floods - Jul 2018
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
ReliefWeb
This is an archived webpage of a description of floods in Lao PDR and Cambodia in 2018 July.
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Risks of Belt and Road Initiative Projects in ASEAN
Asia, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Donald Low, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
2020
This paper mainly analyzes the three most salient risks, namely fiscal risk, governance risk and environmental risk host countries of BRI might confront. First, the implementati...
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GIDA-RDA COVID-19 Guidelines for Data Sharing Respecting Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Global
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Stephanie Russo Carroll, Pyrou Chung, Donna Cormack, Maui Hudson,...
2020
The Indigenous Data Guidelines set out the minimum requirements for Indigenous-designed data approaches and standards, inclusive of Indigenous rights to data governance and deci...
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Millions face job loss as employment market feels COVID-19 effects
Viet Nam
Archived web content
Customsnews
2020
This is a web archive describing COVID-19 impacts on Vietnam labour market in multiple sectors