Essays about: "Laos PDR"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words Laos PDR.

  1. 16. Cooking in someone elses kitchen -The influence of INGOs on civil society in Lao PDR

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Malmberg; Pernilla Lundmark; [2008]
    Keywords : Laos; Civil society; NGO; Democratization; Authoritarian regime; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : During the past decades, an increasing amount of support and attention has been paid to the status of local civil society in developing countries. At the same time, a transnational civil society has emerged, a complex web of organizations within which professional and institutional INGOs take centre stage. READ MORE

  3. 17. Methodology in recording data on pig health and production in the Lao People's Democratic Republic : experiences from a surveillance programme on classical swine fever in lowland villages in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Kristina Osbjer; [2006]
    Keywords : classical swine fever; Lao PDR; minor field study; pig husbandry; female farmers; gender; epidemiology.;

    Abstract : Improved animal health and alleviation of livestock diseases with high impact in developing countries have direct effects on poverty reduction as livestock has been estimated to account for 70% of the livelihoods of the world's poor. In Lao PDR 85% of the population lives in areas dependent on agriculture, and sale of livestock is estimated to account for their largest cash income. READ MORE

  4. 18. A holistic assessment of the use of teak at a landscape level in Luang Phrabang, Lao PDR

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil Sciences

    Author : Thongsavanh Keonakhone; [2006]
    Keywords : teak; growth rate; effect; thinning; pruning; ANOVA; Laos; Luang Phrabang;

    Abstract : Teak (Tectonia grandis) plantation establishment in Lao PDR started in 1942, and has strongly increased since 1980. The total area of teak plantations in the Luang Phrabang province is estimated at 5 587 hectares. Pak Ou district is one of the most important areas with teak plantations in the Luang Phrabang province. READ MORE

  5. 19. Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay district, Louang Phrabang province, Lao PDR : a minor field study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emelie Nilsson; Anna-Karin Svensson; [2005]
    Keywords : climatology; cartography; pedology; Penman monteith combination method; soil science; GIS; geomorphology; physical geography; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: För att kunna planera jordbruket så att all mark används på bästa sätt behövs en databas som innehåller lämplig data. Det finns inte någon sådan för Laos, därför har vi valt att göra en databas och med hjälp av den beskriva norra Laos och speciellt Phonxay distriktet. READ MORE

  6. 20. Good governance in development-aid : making democracy-reforms sustainable

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Claes Nilsson; [2005]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : February through March, 2005, I conducted a Minor Field Study (MFS) in Lao PDR together with a fellow-student. We were interested in a project in Laos called GPAR Luang Prabang, in which Sida, UNDP and the Lao Government are trying to improve the governance system in Laos. READ MORE