Sector Assistance Program Evaluation:
Agriculture and Natural Resources in Lao People's Democratic Republic
This evaluation sought answers to the following questions:
- Were the right strategies pursued by ADB to support ANR sector development?
- How has ADB sector assistance performed?
- Was there effective synergy in the ADB sector assistance?
- Has ADB managed its ANR sector assistance well?
- How has the ANR sector performed?
- In what ways did ADB assistance contribute to sector outcomes?
- What actions does ADB need to take to improve its performance in delivering assistance to support the ANR sector?
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Executive Summary
Map
- Introduction
- Purpose and Scope of the Evaluation
- Approach and Methodology
- Study Limitations
- Report Structure
- Country and Sector Contexts
- Country Context
- Key Features of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Investment Climate
- ANR Sector Strategies and Assistance
- Country Sector Strategies
- ANR Sector Assistance
- Irrigated Agriculture Development and Management
- Upland Agriculture and Stabilization of Shifting Cultivation
- River Basin Development and Watershed Management
- Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture
- Livestock Development
- Development of Tree Plantations
- ADB's Policy-Based Operations in ANR
- Political Economy of the ANR Reform Process
- ADB's Policy-Based Lending in ANR
- Performance of Projects and Technical Assistance
- Performance of Investment Projects
- Performance of Selected Technical Assistance
- Management of ANR Sector Assistance
- ANR Sector Performance and ADB's Contribution
- ANR Performance and Contribution to the Economy
- Contribution of ADB Assistance to ANR Performance
- ANR Sector Challenges: Towards a Market-Based Economy
- Improving Investment Climate
- Overcoming Corruption
- Removing Market Constraints
- Enhancing Economic and Regional Integration
- Conclusion and Recommendations
Appendixes
- ADB Assistance (Approved During 1986–2004) to Lao PDR in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector
- Country Indicators
- An Evaluation Synthesis on Rice in the Lao PDR
- Involvement of the Asian Development Bank in the Lao PDR Livestock Sector
- Summary of Key Policy Reforms in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (1986–2004)
- Governance Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Lao PDR
- Loan 965-LAO (SF): Agriculture Program Loan (1989–1993)
- Loan 1180-LAO: Second Agriculture Program Loan (1992–1995)
- The Lao PDR: Summary Review of the Performance of Technical Assistance Supporting Agricultural Reforms Associated with Loan 965-LAO: Agriculture Program and Loan 1180-LAO: Second Agriculture Program
- Loan 1488-LAO: Community Managed Irrigation Sector Project
- Loan 1688-LAO: Shifting Cultivation Stabilization Pilot Project
- Loan 1788-LAO: Decentralized Irrigation Development and Management Sector Project
- Loan 1933-LAO: Nam Ngum River Basin Development Sector Project
- Loan 1949-LAO: Smallholder Development Project
- The Lao PDR: Summary Review of Selected Technical Assistance Performance
- Lao PDR: Summary Review of Selected Regional Technical Assistance Performance in the Context of the Lao PDR
- Selected Agricultural Statistics
Management Response
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