The analysis, commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR and prepared by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), delves into the...
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Lao PDR: Inter-Agency Contingency Plan (June 2023)
Scenario and Disaster Impact Model (DIM) Planning Scenario Background The Lao PDR is exposed to a range of climatic, hydrological, and geological phenomena that include floods, tropical storms,...
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: UN Common Country Analysis Update 2022
2022 Common Country Analysis Update With the reform of the UN development system (UNDS), the UN country team (UNCT) is taking new steps to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of...
Joint Programme High-Frequency Data: Bulletin 3 - Food Security and Livelihoods (February 2023)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Consumer confidence in Lao PDR for a while showed signs of cautious optimism, but the level of optimism appears to have declined somewhat over recent months, with households...
Joint Programme High-Frequency Data: Bulletin 2 - Food Security and Livelihoods (December 2022)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Lao PDR is being hit by the global food, fertilizer, energy, and financial crisis leading to a rapid increase in the cost of living. Apart from the impact of price hikes in each...
UN Country Annual Results Report 2022
FOREWORD BY THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR With the successful rollout of the national vaccination campaign, 2022 saw the relaxation of most COVID-19 related restrictions, including the re-opening of...
2021 Progress Report: Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021, A Partnership for Sustainable Development
Chapter 1: Key developments in the country and regional context In 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic has presented further challenges across development efforts and has to some extent stalled the promising...
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: UN Common Country Analysis - For the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026 and the 2030 Agenda
Introduction The UN Common Country Analysis (CCA) is an integrated, forward-looking, and evidence-based analysis of the country context for sustainable development. It is an impartial, collective,...
National Social Protection Strategy of Lao PDR, 2025
The National Social Protection Strategy 2025 of Lao PDR contains a vision for sustainable access to social protection for all Lao people. It was adopted by Decree No.224/PM in April 2020.
Synthesis report - Pathways to Sustainable Food Systems, Food Systems Summit 2021: Member State Dialogues in Lao PDR
Introduction As part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations will convene a Food Systems Summit in 2021 to help...
2020 Progress Report: Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021, A Partnership for Sustainable Development
Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in 2020 brought significant disruption to Lao PDR but with a fortunate low caseload to date the impact has primarily been socio-economic. Since...
2019 Progress Report: Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021, A Partnership for Sustainable Development
INTRODUCTION As this report documenting results and progress achieved through the UN Partnership Framework (UNPF) in 2019 was under preparation, the COVID-19 global pandemic was underway, with the...
Developing a shock-responsive national social protection system to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in Lao PDR (July 2020)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Beyond the tragic loss of human life, the COVID-19 crisis will likely inflict a tremendous human cost in other ways, increasing poverty and inequality, and affecting even more those...
2018 Progress Report: Lao PDR - United Nations Partnership Framework 2017-2021, A Partnership for Sustainable Development [EN/LO]
Introduction Lao PDR reached a number of important development milestones in 2018. It passed the thresholds for Gross National Income (GNI) per capita and the Human Assets Index at the Committee for...
Inauguration of the National Social Protection Strategy 2025 and Launch of a new programme to strengthen social protection in Lao PDR
30 September 2020, Vientiane capital The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare on behalf of the Government of Lao PDR, together with the UN Country Team, inaugurated the National Social Protection...
United Nations Lao PDR: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 3 (Reporting Period: 1 – 30 June 2020)
Highlights As of 30 June, Lao PDR has 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases (last reported 12 April) and zero deaths, with all 19 patients now recovered (MoH). The UN Country Team (UNCT) continues to provide...
United Nations Lao PDR: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 2 (Reporting Period: 1 – 31 May 2020)
Highlights As of 31 May, Lao PDR has 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases (last reported 12 April) and zero deaths, with 16 patients now recovered (MoH). The UN Country Team (UNCT) continues to provide...
Labour Day in Lao PDR: protecting rights at work, enhancing social protection in times of COVID-19
As Lao PDR is marking Labour Day today, the values of the day are now more essential than ever, with COVID-19 disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. The COVID-19 pandemic has put lives,...
United Nations Lao PDR: COVID-19 Situation Report No. 1 (Reporting Period: 1 – 30 April 2020)
Highlights • 19 COVID-19 cases confirmed (last reported 12 April); no deaths; as of 30 April, 8 patients have recovered (MoH). • The UN Country Team (UNCT) continues to provide support to MoH and...
Lao PDR: Inter-Agency Contingency Plan (September 2019)
SUMMARY Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is prone to a number of hazards, in particular storms and flooding that occur frequently and leave in their wake a significant social and economic...