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Preparing for the Introduction of Hospital Autonomy in Laos: An Assessment of Current Situation and Suggestions for Policy-Making

The purpose of this study is to assess the status quo of hospital governance in Laos and propose policy suggestions for hospital autonomy in the country.

Feb 18, 2015
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Regional Infectious Disease Surveillance Networks and Their Potential to Facilitate the Implementation of the International Health Regulations

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 present a challenge and opportunity for global surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

Jan 1, 2008
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User’s Guide to Southeast Asia Combat Data

A detailed guide to the vast body of available combat and combat-related data from the recent war in Southeast Asia.

Jan 1, 1976
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The Impact of U.S. Domestic Law on the Last Days of American Presence in Vietnam

A discussion of Public Law 93-50 forbidding expenditure of U.S. funds for combat in Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam after 15 August 1973, and the War Powers Resolution limiting the President's power to engage U.S. troops, and how...

Jan 1, 1975
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The Pathet Lao: Leadership and Organization

Analyzes the Laotian revolutionary movement commonly known as the Pathet Lao — its leaders, commanding party (People's Party of Laos), the Lao Patriotic Front, the political and administrative organization, and military forces.

Jan 1, 1973
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Organizing and Managing Unconventional War in Laos, 1962-1970

A case study in a broader examination of the strengths and weakness of the U.S. government in dealing with counterinsurgency.

Jan 1, 1972
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The Soviet Union, China, and the Pathet Lao: Analysis and Chronology

The ultimate outcome of events in Laos will be greatly affected by the policies of Moscow and Peking.

Jan 1, 1972
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Indochina in North Vietnamese Strategy

Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam have been recognized as an interdependent front by Communist strategists for 19 years. Vietnamese Communists have been involved in Indochinese affairs for approximately 40 years.

Jan 1, 1971
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Education in the Communist Zone of Laos

The discussion, supported by statistical data and providing comparisons with the non-Communist educational effort in Laos, covers the aims, organization, literacy drive, and accomplishments of the present Pathet Lao regime.

Jan 1, 1971
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PREMIR: A Prediction Model for Infiltration Routes

This mathematical computer model provides a systematic approach for investigating route selection criteria and degree of randomness, provided some infiltration routes are known to the investigator.

Jan 1, 1971
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Notes on Minority Policies in Laos, by Arthur D. Stillman.

Rapidly being enlisted on one side or the other as a result of the Southeast Asian war, the minorities in Laos are briefly profiled in these notes dealing with the social, economic, and political effects of the conflict between the Royal Lao and Path...

Jan 1, 1970
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Laos: Preparing for a Settlement in Vietnam

An outline of the military, political, and economic situation in Laos and the implications for a settlement in Vietnam.

Jan 1, 1969
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Revolution in Laos: The North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao

An analysis of the role of Vietnamese Communists in the Lao Communist (Pathet Lao) insurgency.

Jan 1, 1969
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Comments on Bernard Fall's The Pathet Lao : A 'Liberation' Party.

A comment prepared in lieu of a revision of the late Bernard Fall's study of the Pathet Lao movement in Robert A. Scalapino (ed.), [The Communist Revolution in Asia]. In 1965, the international relations of the Pathet Lao movement and the role playe...

Jan 1, 1968
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The North Vietnamese Military Adviser in Laos: A First Hand Account

An analysis of the North Vietnamese role in Laos.

Jan 1, 1968
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Laos: Search for Peace in the Midst of War

A survey of political and economic developments in Laos during 1967.

Jan 1, 1967
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China's Relations with Asian Neighbors

A review of China's 1964 attitudes toward her Asian neighbors.

Jan 1, 1964
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The Role of North Vietnam in the Southern Insurgency

An examination of the role that North Vietnam is playing in the present struggle in South Vietnam. The Momorandum also discusses the function of Laos and Cambodia in providing passage and safe haven for the insurgents.

Jan 1, 1964
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The Role of the Chinese in Lao Society

An outline of some of the outstanding characteristics of the Chinese as an urban ethnic group, and an assessment of their economic role in the Lao economy.

Jan 1, 1961
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Laos in strategic prospective [by] H.B. Fredman.

A review of the strategic value of Laos since the 19th century European struggle in Southeast Asia for balance of power. After the decline of French power in 1945, the Communist bloc and the JWestern alliance became the two contending powers in the a...

Jan 1, 1961

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RAND Topic:
Laos

Topic Synonyms:
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic

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Center for Asia Pacific Policy