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TA 4108: Integrating the Poor in Regional Trade through Standard-Setting for Private Sector Development - Lao PDR
Financed by Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

Type: Advisory and Operational
Duration: 9 May 2003 - 31 May 2004
Executing Agency: Ministry of Industry and Handicraft
Person Responsible: M. Varkay, Mekong Governance, Finance, and Trade Division (MKGF)
Amount: $150,000
Project Description

The purposes of the TA are to

  • assist in the streamlining and upgrading of the standards regulatory framework in the context of the World Trade Organization
  • provide consistent training in industry standards skills development for silk producers in order to alleviate poverty through improved international product market access.