Laos is an example of the challenges that many developing nations face in balancing the need for growth and poverty reduction against a seemingly inexorable rise in inequality.
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Poor Governance Seen as Hindering Cambodia’s Growth
About a fifth of Cambodians live below the national poverty line, according to the World Bank.
Urban planning should not ignore Cambodia’s invisible entrepreneurs
81.2 percent work in unregulated sectors, lacking social protection, and not always providing enough income for sustenance.
The residents of Vietnam’s Red River
None want to be here but none can afford to be anywhere else.
Mekong River dams ‘will harm food security’
MRC says Mekong River dams will cut GDP by US$28 billion, aggravate food insecurity and poverty, and reverse the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Thailand’s Urban Planning: a Weapon against the Poor
The downtrodden of Thailand’s cities are being driven out of the city in the name of condos and infrastructure.
Can LNG fill Myanmar’s power gap?
Insufficient electricity is one of the major problems Myanmar faces when it comes to attracting investment, can Liquid Natural Gas be the answer?
Cambodia’s backbone is still the agriculture sector
Sok Chan Jayant Menon, lead economist for regional trade and cooperation at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, recently spoke to Khmer Times’ Sok Chan, and outlined how Cambodia could stay competitive by increasing its productivity. KT: Cambodia’s main exports are garments, footwear and agricultural products destined for markets in the European Union and the […]
The poverty of simple answers on Mekong hydropower
There are no ‘simple answers’ for managing the risks of Mekong hydropower development. The reality is much more complex.
Report reveals a big dependence on freshwater fish for global food security
Freshwater fish play a surprisingly crucial role in feeding some of the world’s most vulnerable people, according to a study published Monday (Oct. 24) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“It was eye-opening just how many people are deeply dependent on freshwater fisheries as sources of protein,” says Pete McIntyre, a lead co-author of the study and professor of zoology in the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “Many people in poor nations do not get much animal protein to eat, and freshwater fish provide protein for the nutritional equivalent of 158 million people around the world.”