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Secondary burial practice at megalithic jar site 1, Plain of Jars Laos
In 2020 a Lao/Australian archaeological research team revisited one of the largest megalithic jar sites in Laos, Site 1, and undertook excavations in...
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The Role of High-Value Agriculture in Capability Expansion: Qualitative Insights into Smallholder Cash Crop Production in Nepal, Laos and Rwanda
High-value agriculture contributes to rural incomes, but does it also contribute to expanding “human capabilities” (Sen, Development as freedom,...
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Divergence in Nutritional Intake and Physical Activity Patterns Among Households in a Village of Ethnic Minorities in Northern Laos at the Initial Stage of Health Transition
Ethnic minorities in northern Laos have experienced changes in their subsistence portfolios since the implementation of nature conservation and rural...
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A Spirit-Ruled Landscape: Ecology, Cosmology, and Change Among Katuic Upland Groups in the Central Annamites of Laos
This chapter examines the cultural and ecological significance of the institution of spirit forests among the Indigenous upland groups of the Central...
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Understanding Changes for Forest-Dependent Communities in Upland Laos
Forest-dependent communities globally are experiencing rapid environmental and social changes that require attention beyond policy to also consider...
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‘If I Don’t Sell Food, How Would I Eat?’ Negotiating Street Vendor Livelihoods in the Context of COVID-19 Lockdowns in Urban Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Street vendor livelihoods have long been a point of negotiation in Southeast Asia, with government policies frequently attempting to erase this...
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Highly-skilled migration, knowledge mobility, and knowledge mobility barriers: empirical evidence from Vietnamese migrants in the Lao construction sector
Although there has been an increasing growth of Vietnamese highly-skilled migrants in Laos for decades as a result of Vietnamese foreign direct...
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A field work report on newly discovered and documented megalithic jar sites in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
**eng Khouang and neighboring provinces in Central Laos are home to a vast megalithic landscape featuring large stone jars, discs, and imported...
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Vanishing Nomads: Languages and Peoples of Nakai, Laos, and Adjacent Areas
A large plateau that sits at the top of the Ak Escarpment in the present-day provinces of Khammouane and Borikhamxay (Nakai and Khamkeut districts,...
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Research at megalithic jar site 52 and the discovery of new jar sites in **ang Khouang Province, Laos
Ban Phakeo is a village in central Laos near which 415 megalithic jars and other associated lithic objects were discovered. There are over 80 such...
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Cyber Safety of Children in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Region: a Critical Review of Legal Frameworks and Policy Implications
The present study aimed to critically review the legal frameworks on cyber safety of children living in the member countries of the Association of...
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Institutional Logics and Hybridity in a Transnational Child Health Program
Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can play important roles in supporting and facilitating community development projects, improving...
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Critical Landscape Planning during the Belt and Road Initiative
This open access book traces the development of landscapes along the 414-kilometer China–Laos Railway, one of the first infrastructure projects...
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Creating an Enabling Environment for Lao Youth to Engage with the Community Development Process
Laos has rich natural resourcesNatural resources. Yet, significant contributions to the country’s socio-economic development have relied heavily on...
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Livelihood Changes in Small-Scale Traditional Societies: A Political Ecological Approach
The perspective of political ecology has the characteristic of seeking the causes of various kinds of issues that arise in local areas not simply at...
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Bamboo Culture in Monsoon Asia: From a Case of the Hmong Farmer in Northern Thailand
This chapter discusses the characteristics of bamboo culture in Monsoon AsiaMonsoon Asia, using an example of the Hmong farmers practicing...
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From Land-Locked to Land-Linked?
This chapter, From land-locked to land-linked? Laos within a continuum of connectivity in the Mekong region, constructs a history of...
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Infrastructural Connectivity and Difference
This chapter, Infrastructural connectivity and difference, presents two strategic planning proposals dealing with “direct” impacts of the...
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Chinese Migrant Traders in Pakse, Champasak Province, Laos: Trajectories and Business Future
This chapter discusses China’s rising influence in Laos, looking through the presence of Chinese petty traders in Pakse, Champasak Province. The...
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The Spatio-Temporal Pattern Evolution and Driving Mechanism of China’s Publishing Trade with ASEAN Countries
The steady growth of international trade in the post-pandemic era has brought about significant challenges for the publishing industry, particularly...
