Implementation of the international development goals by the Lao PDR

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Implementation of the international development
goalsby the Lao PDR

• I. National Development Strategy
• II. Progress in the implementation of
• National Development Strategy
• III. International Development Cooperation
• IV. Challenges and Key lessons learned

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I. National Development Strategy

• National strategy has been based on
• National development needs
• UN and international agreed development goals
  including
• Millennium Development Goals
• Brussels Program of Action
• Almaty Program of Action

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I. National Development Strategy(cont)

• Strategy
• Transform the multi-sectoral economy from uneven
  performance to rapid and stable development
• Increase competitiveness and utilizing
  comparative advantages
• Strengthening links between economic and social
  development, protecting the environment
• Accelerating the development of social economic
  infrastructure and finalizing the establishment
  of a market oriented economy

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I. National Development Strategy (cont.)

• National Development Goals
• 2005 Reduce poverty by half and stop opium
• cultivation
• 2010 Eradicate mass poverty, stop slash and
• burn cultivation
• 2015 Achieving MDGs
• 2020 Out of LDC status

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I. National Development Strategy (cont)

• Development focus
• Agriculture/Forestry Development
• Education
• Health
• Infrastructure
• Cross-sector priorities
• Conservation of Biodiversity
• Gender equality
• Cultural heritage and population
• Drug control, UXO and HIV/AIDS

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I. National Development Strategy (cont)

• Target region
• 47 districts identified as the poorest
• 72 districts identified as poor

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I. National Development Strategy (cont)

• National Socio Economic Development Plan
  2006-2010
• Targets
• Population 6.17 mill
• GDP growth 7.5-8
• GDP per cap US 800

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I. National Development Strategy (cont)

• Targets for social development
• 5th Plan 6th Plan
• (2001-2005) (2006-2010)
• Primary enrolment 84.2 90.6
• Average longevity 61yr 63.5 yr
• Infant mortality 70/1000 live birth 55/1000
• Under-5 mortality 98/1000 75/1000
• Maternal mortality 405 300
• Access to clean water 63.8 75
• Poor household 28.7 15

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Total Investment Requirements
Total about US 90 billion
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Public Investment
Total about US 30 billion
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Private Investment
Domestic 40
FDI 60
Total US60 billion
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II. Progress in the implementation of National
Development Strategy

• Stable national economy
• GDP growth 7.5
• Per capita US 678
• Poverty has gradually reduced
• 1992 46
• 2003 33
• 2006 28.7

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II. Progress in the implementation of National
Development Strategy

• Education Sector
• 1995 2005
• Net enrolment increase 54 84
• Literacy almost doubled 31 to
  58.
• Health Sector
• Under-5 mortality rate dropped 170
  98
• Infant mortality rate 104
  70
• Maternal mortality 650
  405

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II. Progress in the implementation of National
Development Strategy

• Gender equality
• Law on Women Development and Protection (2004)
• The number of girls per 100 boys in primary
  education has risen from 77 in 1991 to 86 in 2006
  
• The proportion of female members of the National
  Assembly increased from 6 (1990) to 25(2006)

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III. International Development Cooperation

• Enhance international cooperation
• Meeting international obligations
• Focus on regional integration
• Mekong development
• ASEAN community building
• Regional connectivity east-west and north-south
  corridor

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II. International Development Cooperation

• Strengthen ODA effectiveness
• Endorsement of Paris Declaration
• Adoption of Vientiane Declaration on aid
  effectiveness
• Enhance enabling environment for investment
• Strengthen legal framework on investment
• Conclude bilateral promotion and protection
  agreement with other countries
• Promote one-stop-shop service

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IV. Challenges and key lessons learned

• Challenges
• Malnutrition remains a concern
• MMR and IMR is still high
• Inadequate Capacity of women
• Financial resources

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IV. Key lessons learned and Challenges

• Lessons learnt
• To reduce poverty, we need to
• Focus on sustainable agriculture, rural
  employment and income generation
• Ensure rural infrastructure development
• To reduce maternal mortality, we need to
• Ensure universal access to quality health care,
  particularly access to skilled birth attendants
• Raise awareness among ethnic people about benefit
  of reproductive health

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IV. Key lessons learned and Challenges

• Lessons learnt
• To reduce infant mortality, we need to
• Combat malnutrition, increase and sustain
  immunization coverage.

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IV. Key lessons learned and Challenges

• Lessons learnt
• To address education, we need to
• Allocate adequate resources and investment on
  infrastructure in the area of education across
  provinces
• Improve the quality of education
• Develop a pool of trained teachers and improve
  curriculum to build its human resource capacity
  and extend educational opportunities to all.

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IV. Key lessons learned and Challenges

• Lessons learnt
• Address sustainable development
• Improve capacity of various institutions to
  enforce environmental regulations as well as
  environmental action plans.
• There is an urgent need to increase awareness of
  environmental protection and environmental and
  health correlations among the general public.
• Addressing inadequate resources
• Reform public expenditure management
• Effectively implement Vientiane Declaration on
  aid effectiveness

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