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Regional Mapping of Groundwater Resources in Data-Scarce Regions: The Case of Laos
Hydrology, 2017 This study focuses on Laos, a landlocked nation located in South-East Asia with sub-tropical climate and highly seasonal rainfall distribution. Laos is one of the world’s least developed countries, and currently witnesses an unprecedented level of ...
Mathieu Viossanges +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is widespread consensus on the threats that plastic waste poses to the environment. A significant obstacle to sustainable development, the trade in plastic waste may contribute to plastic pollution. The objective of this research is to look at how the import and export of plastic waste affect the sustainable development of Regional ...
Mustafa Necati Çoban +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole +3 more
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République démocratique populaire Lao [cartographic material] /
, 1987 Relief shown by contours, shading, and spot heights.; "Système de coordonnées de Vientiane."; 34zBDressé d'après la carte au 1:200 000 éditée en 1986.34yB; All sheet include glossary, layout diagram, and administrative boundaries diagram.; "En secret."
Laos. Service géographique d'Etat.
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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, 2020 [Excerpt] On 23 September the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Laos’ credit rating to CCC — the second downgrade in 2020, having dropped to B- in May. Much of the blame lies with COVID-19, which has seen Laos’ economic growth drop from 5.5 per cent in ...
Sims, Kearrin
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On China’s doorstep, Laos plays a careful game of balancing
, 2021 [Extract] Recent years have witnessed much concern about the expanding scale of China’s influence within Laos. Almost half of Laos’ total public debt is now held by China.
Sims, Kearrin
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Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz +2 more
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Turbulent National Identity in Laos: The Hmong Ethnic Group as a Case Study
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 2018 Since the independence, Laos has changed its national identity based on different principles namely Buddhism, Socialism and Consolidation between Buddhism and Socialism. These changes have given dynamic impacts to the identity of the people not only from
Dewi Hermawati Resminingayu
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, 1961 This paper surveys the situation existing prior to 1960 and does not consider changes that have occurrer since the outbreak of the Lao civil war. For agricultural statistics see Laos Project Paper No.
Halpern, Joel
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