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  1. Library Resource
    Cambodia’s Unofficial Regime of Extraction: Illicit Logging in the Shadow of Transnational Governanc
    Peer-reviewed publication
    May, 2015
    Cambodia

    Cambodia has recently demonstrated one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. While scholars have long explored the drivers of tropical forest loss, the case of Cambodia offers particular insights into the role of the state where transnational governance and regional integration are increasingly the norm. Given the significant role logging rents play in Cambodia’s post-conflict state formation, this article explores the contemporary regime and its ongoing codependent relationship with forested land.

  2. Library Resource
    Frontier finance: the role of microfinance in debt and violence in post-conflict Timor-Leste
    Peer-reviewed publication
    April, 2020
    Timor-Leste

    Microfinance programs targeting poor women are considered a ‘prudent’ first step for international financial institutions seeking to rebuild post conflict economies. IFIs continue to visibly support microfinance despite evidence and growing consensus that microfinance neither reduces poverty nor breaks the cycle of domestic violence. In the case of Timor-Leste, a feminist political economy approach reveals how microfinance engendered debt allows for the control, extraction, and accumulation of profits and resources by an elite class and exacerbates gender-based violence.

  3. Library Resource
    The Human Rights Consequences of the Eastern Economic Corridor and Special Economic Zones in Thailand
    Reports & Research
    July, 2020
    Thailand

    The establishment and development of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) are a central part of the Thai government’s strategy to expand infrastructure and attract foreign investment. These areas have been designated for development pursuant to special legal and regulatory frameworks. SEZs can play a useful role in a country’s economic development strategy. However, in many instances, their establishment results in the dilution of legal protections for human rights and the environment.

  4. Library Resource
    BTI 2020 Country Report Indonesia
    Reports & Research
    May, 2020
    Indonesia

    Between 2017 and 2019, the quality of democracy in Indonesia continued to slowly but noticeably decline. While President Jokowi was able to de-escalate the conflict between the government and Islamist groups to some extent, he only managed to do so by integrating some Islamist themes and actors into the government structure. This, in turn, moved Indonesia ideologically and politically to the (religious) right. Religious, social and political minorities were the biggest losers of this shift.

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    September, 2019
    Ethiopia, Peru, Laos, Global

    This brochure presents recent digital innovations that enable a more effective, efficient and transparentin land management. It refers to examples in Peru, Ethiopia and Laos.

  6. Library Resource
    April, 2016
    Myanmar, Global

    Myanmar grew at an estimated 8.5 percent
    in real terms in 2014-15. Economic reforms have supported
    consumer and investor confidence despite business
    environment and socio-political challenges. The economic
    impact of the floods that hit Myanmar from July 2015 is
    still being assessed, but will likely adversely affect the
    main rice crop this year. According to preliminary analysis
    of census data, the areas most affected by the floods are

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2015
    Myanmar

    This is the first investment climate
    assessment (ICA) for Myanmar. The main objectives of this
    ICA are to: (i) provide an up-to-date and fact-based
    analysis of the business environment for the government and
    other stakeholders in Myanmar to help prioritize and
    contextualize the reform agenda, and (ii) to offer a
    baseline for future assessments of progress in terms of the
    investment climate reform agenda. As requested by the

  8. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Myanmar

    The Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
    will succeed the Myanmar interim strategy note (FY13-14) and
    be the first full country strategy for Myanmar since 1984.
    This CPF comes at a time of great opportunity for Myanmar;
    over the three year period covered in this CPF, the reforms
    initiated in 2011 have the potential to bring Myanmar into a
    new era of peace and prosperity. Myanmar s history, ethnic
    diversity, and geography combine into a unique set of

  9. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Indonesia

    Indonesia's Program Nasional
    Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM) is the largest Community
    Driven Development (CDD) program in the world covering all
    urban wards (PNPM-Urban) and rural villages (PNPM-Rural) in
    Indonesia. This policy note summarizes a comprehensive
    process evaluation of the PNPM-Urban program which has been
    carried by the Research and Development (RAND) corporation
    in collaboration with survey meter, as well as a rapid

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Laos

    Preparation of the $1.45 billion Nam
    Theun 2 (NT2) project in the Lao People's Democratic
    Republic (Lao PDR) represented an important milestone for
    the government, the developers, international partners, and
    other stakeholders. The story of its preparation and
    implementation is an important one, because it provides
    valuable insights and lessons that can be applied in future
    projects of similar size, scope, and complexity. Projects

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