Laos
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Failed business or controlling resources?: agricultural land-based investments in Lao PDR
Vong Nanhthavong, CASAS’ member, has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies Abstract: Many land deals in the Global South are initiated and sustained, while others fail financially but maintain control over land and resources. These failed deals—and their implications for peasant well-being—remain undervalued in debates on the global land rush and land-grab…
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The persistence of swidden cultivation and upland autonomyin Laos
Lamphay Inthakoun, CASAS’ member, has published in the Journal of Peasant Studies with her colleague Miles Kenney-Lazar. Abstract: Historically, swidden cultivation has been practiced sustainably in upland Southeast Asia. However, it has been condemned by governments as environmentally destructive and impoverishing, leading to a general decline. Nonetheless, swidden continues to be practiced in many upland…