Reports on Various Aspects of Laos

Reports on the Nam Ngum Project; geographic, demographic and ethnic background in Laos; the Meo of Xieng Khouang Province; Village Life in Vientiane Province; and Minority Groups in Northern Laos especially the YaoA Note on the Revised Nam Ngum Project; Tokyo: Nippon Koei Co. LTD, 1963. Document 1 is a report on the revisions of the Nam Ngum Project, an agricultural project in Laos used to modernize rural areas;Document 2 is a report on the geographic, demographic and ethnic background on Laos, Laos Project No. 4 ; These papers are issued in a preliminary version for the scholarly community in the hope that they may elicit comments which may be incorporated in a subsequent revised version.] by Joel HalpernDocument 3 is a selection on The Meo of Xieng Khouang Province from Chapters II and III of the author's Master's Thesis, Christianity; Innovation in Meo Culture, A Case Study In MissIonization. University of Minnesota, 1957 by George L. Barney The period of field work was 1949-1953Document 4 is a report on Village Life in Vientiane Province; Lao Project 12 by Howard K . Kaufman , 1956Document 5 is a report on the Minority Groups in Northern Laos especially the Yao; A condensation of the article that originally appeared in Shilin. No. 1, 1960); Translated by H. Sakomoto and edited by Joel Halpern; Lao Project No 1