National Academy of Social Sciences Grant



Organization - National Academy of Social Sciences
Grant Amount - $56,270
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of the final phase of a social impact analysis of increased mobility and its implications for increased HIV transmission and substance abuse in Lao PDR's border areas with China, Myanmar and Thailand


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Pattanarak Foundation - $150,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - in support of the final phase of a project to develop and disseminate experimental models to improve the health and livelihoods of marginalized cross-border communities in Thailand and Lao PDR

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