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A Policy Snapshot of Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR
September 12, 2016 — A series of four policy notes provides a snapshot of health and nutrition in Lao PDR, with each note respectively focusing on government health spending, maternal and child expenditure, health care workers and the status of nutrition. Read More »
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Lao PDR Economic Monitor, May 2016
May 24, 2016 — Lao PDR is one of the fastest growing economies in the East Asia and Pacific region. It expanded by around 7 percent in 2015, after growing by 7.5 percent in 2014, according to the World Bank’s latest Lao PDR Economic Monitor. Read More »
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Enhance Livelihoods of Forest Communities
March 16, 2016 — In Lao PDR, a Participatory Sustainable Forest Management approach covers an area of 2.3 million hectare, bringing together the provincial, district, and local authorities to engage more than 400,000 community members in more than 1,000 villages. Read More »
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WATER AND SANITATION
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Lao PDR: Improving Rural Sanitation

Lao PDR has met the Millennium Development Goal target of 54% access to improved sanitation but more than half of the rural population are without access.

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Evgenij Najdov

Senior Economist for Georgia
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Agriculture
Lao PDR: A Rice Policy Study

Lao PDR: A Rice Policy Study

While Lao PDR has one of the highest per capita annual rice consumption levels in the world, there is evidence that it had reached the peak in mid-2000s and is now on a declining trend.

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