Reining in Provincial Fiscal ‘Owners’: Decentralization In Lao P.D.R.

A power point presentation material about decentralization of fiscal management system in Laos. Downloadable at http://aysps.gsu.edu/isp/files/ISP_DECENTRALIZATION_CONFERENCE_LAO_PDR_PRESENTATION.pdf

Agricultural Mechanization in Rural Area of Lao PDR: A Case Study of Farm Tractorization

Base on analysis on 88 surveyed farming households, authors concluded that farmers with tractors grow and sell more rice on larger farm lands. I wonder if the causality might be the other way round, such as, they could afford tractors because they were firstly bigger. Anyway, as they also found that farmers with tractors have incresing returns to scale production, shifting from water buffalo to tractors would likely be a smart move, for those hoping to grow. Downloadable at https://qir.kyushu-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2324/12878/1/p593.pdf

Pro-Poor Tourism and the Value of Heritage in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR

This paper thinks that there should be more activities to foster local awareness of, and appreciation for Luang Prabang’s (or Luang Pabang, a city that was registered as world heritage in Laos) cultural and heritage significance, on which the future of the site will depend. Downloadable at
http://www.tourismroi.com/Content_Attachments/28016/File_633546129004585181.pdf