Out now: “Land Leases & Concessions in the Lao PDR: A Characterization of Investments in Land and Their Impacts”. This new CDE @unibern report reveals the key characteristics, trends, and contexts of #land leases & #concessions & their impacts in #Laos https://bit.ly/32SdwNC 

Over half of all land deals are operational, but some have failed.

In Laos, #ForeignInvestment accounts for 61% of the total area granted for #landdeals. Domestic investments constitute only 29% of the total area granted, but they make up the largest share of all deals documented by the inventory (60%)

In #Laos, the 296 #landdeals documented by the assessment have created nearly 40,000 new jobs. Most of these #jobs (85%), however, are seasonal and only 5% involve fixed term contracts or monthly salaries http://www.decide.la/en/publications 

In Laos, secondary forest and primary forest are the most common land use types allocated to the deals assessed for quality of investment, which implies that significant amounts of #deforestation and #forest degradation are caused by land deal development https://bit.ly/32SdwNC 

The contribution of #landdeals to #rural #development in #Laos could be raised by improving processes for land deal granting and management, as well as by monitoring the #investment quality of existing, operating deals https://bit.ly/32SdwNC  http://www.decide.la/en/publications