National Institute of Social Sciences Grant



Organization - National Institute of Social Sciences
Grant Amount - $37,122
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for use by its Information and Documentation Center to complete the final phase of an electronic databank presenting existing and newly collected data on the lives and cultures of the diverse ethnic groups in Lao PDR


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National Academy of Social Sciences - $150,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for use by its Information and Documentation Centre to create an electronic ethnographic databank presenting existing and newly collected data on the lives and cultures of diverse ethnic groups in Lao PDR

Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos - $108,650 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for use by its Institute of Cultural Research to create an electronic databank presenting existing and newly collected data on the lives and cultures of the diverse ethnic groups in Lao PDR

Vietnamese Academy for Social Sciences - $73,340 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for use by its Institute of Anthropology to undertake, in collaboration with institutes in Lao PDR, a study of coping mechanisms for seasonal food shortages of ethnic upland communities living across Vietnam and Lao PDR

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre - $241,140 from the Rockefeller Foundation - toward the costs of its continued collaboration with local and U.S. organizations to develop local capacity in researching and presenting the intangible cultural heritage of diverse ethnic communities in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, in preparation...

Center for Community Development Studies - $90,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of the final phase of a project aimed at improving the livelihood of ethnic women and their families in poor, upland communities across China, Lao PDR and Vietnam by promoting off-farm diversification and market access for local embroidery

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