Publications

Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) tree plantations were first introduced into Lao PDR by the French in 1930 at Bachieng District, Champasak Province, but this never caught the attention of policy makers,…

Establish a platform for like-minded stakeholders to collaborate and coordinate theirknowledge and expertise while promoting sustainable finance models at both thenational and regional levels.Develop…

‘We are often told “Colonialism is dead”. Let us not be deceived or even soothed by that. I say to you, colonialism is not yet dead. How can we say it is dead, so long as vast areas of Asia and…

ຄຳນຳວຽກງານບົດບາດຍິງ-ຊາຍ ແມນໜຶ່ງໃນຂະແໜງບຸລິມະສິດໃນວຽກການພັດທະນາ ທີ່ໄດຮັບການຂະຫຍາຍມາຈາກເປົ້າໝາຍ ການພັດທະນາແບບຍືນຍົງ (SDG) ແລະ ໄດຮັບການເຊື່ອມສານເຂົ້າວາລະແຫງຊາດ, ຍຸດທະສາດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, ການເຊື່ອມ…

Souliphone Sidavong, Coffee researcher devotes herself to training farmersAs a researcher, farmer and all-around coffee connoisseur, Souliphone Sidavong knows pretty much everything one can know…

The “Reducing Vulnerability in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors” (SOLAR) Project – a European Union-…

Gender roles in the workforce are a priority consideration in the development work that emerged from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and have been integrated into national agendas and…

This participatory research has two objectives: firstly, to build the capacity of Oxfam’s partners on data collection and to improve their knowledge about the Voluntary Social Security (VSS) scheme;…

Social media is becoming a vital platform for daily activities in Laos, including education, politics, social networking, and trading. Moreover, social media has become essential and changed work…

Many Laotian migrant workers lost their jobs when shops, retail outlets and local markets in Thailand were closed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The lockdown in Thailand led to peaks in…