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Poverty reduction programme makes impressive progress
About 150 thousand people from four provinces have benefited from a Local Development Programme known as ‘LAO/030’ thanks to funding through the Luxembourg government’s poverty reduction initiatives in Laos.That was the message from the Programme Steering Committee Meeting of the ‘Local Development Programme for Bokeo, ...
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DPM urges ongoing nutrition investment in local communities
Laos still needs to continue investing in nutrition at the local level to create an enabling environment in which communities can produce and access nutritious food for themselves.While the Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS-II, 2017) reported stunting has decreased from 44 percent in LSIS-I to ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Gov’t Earmarks 2.54 Trillion Kip For Poverty Reduction
(KPL) The government has earmarked 2,548 billion kip for poverty reduction efforts in coming year.The government has an ambitious plan to have 4,649 families in 220 villages nationwide graduating from poverty, and 100 development villages announced next year, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Lien Thikeo ...
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Many families believed to be below poverty line: minister
More families in provinces across the country are believed to have fallen below the poverty line as a result of this year’s floods – the worst in decades – a minister has told the cabinet.An initial report on progress made in poverty reduction indicated that ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Underweight Kids On Road To Recovery with Nutrition, Ante-Natal Efforts
Nutrition is still an issue in developing countries including Laos. Causing delayed growth and resulting in long-term impairments if not addressed, is both a result and cause of poverty in rural areas including Savannakhet’s Xepon.More ...
UNICEF
Poverty, hunger worsened by challenges at home, worldwide
A number of persistent problems have worsened poverty and hunger in countries across the globe including Laos, a minister told an event yesterday that marked World Food Day, and International Day and National Week for Poverty Eradication.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Climate change threatens nation’s food security
Climate change is threatening agricultural production and posing a major challenge to Laos and other countries’ efforts at strengthening world food security, according to a leading official.More ...
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Laos, EU, UNICEF to bolster information on nutrition
The European Union (EU) has forecast a budget of around US$3 million to strengthen information systems for nutrition in Laos from 2018-2021 with the project to be implemented by UNICEF.The new project, known as the National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN), is part of ongoing ...
Phetphoxay Sengpaseuth
Korean group offers material support to poverty alleviation efforts
The Sharing Culture Arts Association of Korea has donated clothes, shoes, desks, chairs, two ambulances, two fire engines and other relief materials worth more than 32 billion kip (US$3,818,000) to support efforts to alleviate poverty in Laos.More ...
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Nation won’t face rice shortage, Minister says
The nation will not face serious rice shortages but will encounter temporary difficulties in supplying the staple grain, according to the National Ad Hoc Committee in charge of the post-disaster response.More ...
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