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The Poverty Reduction Fund has directly benefited over 10,000 families in Lao PDR.
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Join us on a virtual journey to Huaichai village to learn how water, sanitation, and hygiene play a role reducing malnutrition.
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Lao Economic Monitor Report: August 2019
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Disaster Risk Management
Lao PDR to strengthen resilience to natural disasters through a project to help protect thousands against the impact of flooding.
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Gevorg Sargsyan
Acting Country Director for Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR
Nicola Pontara
Country Manager of the Lao PDR Country Office
Chandana Kularatne
Country Economist for Lao PDR
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Celebrating Women in East Asia and Pacific
Meet the women driving a more equal East Asia and Pacific, including Viengsam Indavong of Lao PDR.
Improving Public Financial Management
An improved PFM system can benefit all Lao citizens and provide them with more information on how the national budget is used.
Conservation: for Wildlife and Communities
The Second Lao Environment and Social Project (LENS2) is improving protected area management and wildilfe law enforcement.
Super-Clean Cookstoves Promise Results for Women and Climate
An initiative is introducing 50,000 clean cookstoves to replace charcoal and wood-burning stove in three provinces.
Lao PDR Development: Past, Present and Future
In the last decade, Lao PDR has achieved strong growth. The challenge now is to end extreme poverty.
Expanding Employment Opportunities in Lao PDR
An additional 96,000 young people will be looking for jobs each year. This report recommends steps on how to create more and better jobs.
Poverty in Lao PDR: Achievements and Challenges
Lao PDR has made great strides in reducing poverty from 33.5% in 2003 to 23.2% in 2013.
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Vientiane
Xieng Ngeun Village, Chao Fa Ngum Road, VientianeTel: (+856-21) 266 200
laos@worldbank.org
Washington
1818 H Street NW, Washington DC, 20433 Tel: +1 202-473-4709eastasiapacific@worldbank.org