Market-oriented agricultural intensification is a major development strategy, yet its alignment
with sustainable development goals (SDGs) is unclear. We apply indicators for SDG 2 …

Following the extraordinary wealth generation of casinos in Macau and Singapore,
governments and non-state actors across Southeast Asia have developed gambling …

The book investigates how the United Nations, governments, and aid agencies mobilise and
instrumentalise migration policies and programmes through a discourse of safe migration …

Abstract Motivation On December 15, 2012 Sombath Somphone was abducted at a police
checkpoint in his home city of Vientiane, the capital of Laos; his whereabouts remain …

Few other Asian cities have been as orientalised as Luang Prabang, the former capital of the
Royal Kingdom of Laos and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Situated on the banks of the …

Culture and development are both ubiquitous and highly contested terms in the social
sciences. The political controversy for establishing a New World Information and …

The Impact of UNESCO on States' Cultural Policies focuses on the impact of the 2005
Convention on Diversity of Cultural Expressions on the cultural policies of eight states and …

The objective of the research is to study the readiness of the agricultural and tourism
community towards sustainable development. The study focuses on agriculture and tourism …

In December 2012, Sombath Somphone was abducted at a police checkpoint in Vientiane,
Laos. The cause for Sombath's enforced disappearance may never be confirmed, but many …

The global community has recognized the significance of culture, especially its functions and
values, in the context of development; however, it remains unclear how developed countries …