The report reviewed existing policies and legal frameworks relating to land-‐water-‐environment management with a focus on hydropower development and livelihood options in Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It described and analyzed the sect...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Silva, Sanjiv de
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Carew-Reid, Jeremy
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[Policy review and institutional analysis of the hydropower in Laos]
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Policy review and institutional analysis of the hydropower in Laos
Poor performance of government-managed irrigation systems persists globally. This paper argues that addressing performance requires not simply more investment or different policy approaches, but reform of the bureaucracies responsible for irrigation management. Based on reform experiences in The ...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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Rap, Edwin
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies]
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Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies
In the Dry Zone of Myanmar, improved access to water is widely acknowledged as being vital for livelihood enhancement and the general well-being of around 10 million people, most of whom depend on agriculture. Thus, expanding the sustainable use of groundwater is of great importance for socioecon...
Pavelic, Paul
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Sotoukee, Touleelor
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Joffre, Olivier M.
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Latt, K.
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Zan, A.K.
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Thein, K.
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Myint, A.
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Cho, C.
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Htut, Y.T.
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[Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar]
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Integrated assessment of groundwater use for improving livelihoods in the dry zone of Myanmar
Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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Joffre, Olivier M.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Pavelic, Paul
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Htut, U.Y.T.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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[Community survey on water access, availability and management issues in the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 2. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program].]
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Community survey on water access, availability and management issues in the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 2. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program].
Pierret, Alain
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Rouw, Anneke de
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Chaplot, V.
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Valentin, Christian
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Noble, A.D.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Reshaping upland farming policies to support nature and livelihoods: lessons from soil erosion in Southeast Asia with emphasis on Lao PDR. [Report of the Management of Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC) Project].]
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Reshaping upland farming policies to support nature and livelihoods: lessons from soil erosion in Southeast Asia with emphasis on Lao PDR. [Report of the Management of Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC) Project].
Wutich, A.
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Cárdenas, J.C.
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Pahl-Wostl, C.
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Rauschmayer, F.
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Schleyer, C.
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Srinivasan, V.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Tallis, H.
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Zwarteveen, M.Z.
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[Integrating sustainability, justice and diversity?: opportunities and challenges for inclusively framing water research]
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Integrating sustainability, justice and diversity?: opportunities and challenges for inclusively framing water research
Vietnam’s irrigation development policy directions are divided between the objective to continue increasing rice production through agricultural intensification and to improve farmer’s livelihoods through crop diversification and integrated farming. While the first objective requires the construc...
Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Anh, L.T.
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[Irrigation development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards polycentric water governance?]
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Irrigation development in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards polycentric water governance?
Agricultural intensification, now commonly referred to as sustainable intensification, is presented in development discourse as a key means to simultaneously improve food security and reduce rural poverty without harming the environment. Taking a village in Laos as a case study, we show how gover...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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Leebouapao, L.
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Keovilignavong, Oulavanh
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[Farmers’ strategies as building block for rethinking sustainable intensification]
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Farmers’ strategies as building block for rethinking sustainable intensification
This article examines changing contexts and emerging processes related to “land grabbing.” In particular, it uses the case of Laos to analyze the driving forces behind land takings, how such drivers are implied in land policies, and how affected people respond depending on their socio-economic as...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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Keovilignavong, Oulavanh
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Sotoukee, Touleelor
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[Revealing the hidden effects of land grabbing through better understanding of farmers’ strategies in dealing with land loss]
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Revealing the hidden effects of land grabbing through better understanding of farmers’ strategies in dealing with land loss
Land grabbing has transformed rural environments across the global South, generating resistance or political reactions “from below”. In authoritarian countries like Laos, where resource investments are coercively developed and insulated from political dissent, resistance appears absent at first g...
Miles, K.-L.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Dwyer, M.B.
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[State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos]
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State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos