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IFAD in Lao People's Democratic Republic

 

IFAD began operations in Lao PDR in 1980. Since then, it has provided a total of US$107.6 million in loans and grants for 12 programmes and projects. IFAD supports the Government of Lao PDR in implementing the seventh NSEDP and the National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy, and achieving the MDGs.

In accordance with the consensus that emerged from the in-country consultation process, IFAD’s strategy in Lao PDR is to ensure that poor rural people have increased opportunities for sustainable food security and economic livelihoods. Together with government agencies and development partners, IFAD has identified areas in which it has a comparative advantage and complements other donors’ activities.

Specifically, the IFAD Country Strategic Opportunities Programme has three main objectives, working to improve:

  • Community-based access to and management of land and natural resources
  • Access to advisory services and inputs for sustainable, adaptive and integrated farming systems
  • Access to markets for selected products.

The following cross-cutting issues are common to all three strategic objectives:

  • Capacity-building of government, beneficiaries and service providers
  • Engagement with ethnic groups
  • Engagement with women as key partners in all production and marketing systems
  • Strategic infrastructure related to farming systems (e.g., small-scale village irrigation) or markets (e.g., farm-to-market roads)
  • Formation of farmer and producer common-interest groups
  • Resilience to climate-related risks and enhanced capacity to adapt to climate change.
     

Country strategic opportunities paper (2011)

Source: IFAD



Statistics
Projects: 12

Total cost:
US$216.9 million

Approved IFAD loan:
US$107.6 million

Directly benefiting:
213,975 households
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Planned project activities
2006 Nobel Peace Prize
Contact information

Stefania Dina
Country Programme Manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +390654592478
Fax: +390654593478
s.dina@ifad.org

Kongchay Vixathep

Ban That Luang, Xaysetha District
Vientiane Capital, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mobile: +856 207703210
k.vixathep@ifad.org