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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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Contents

Executive Summary [ PDF: 37kb | 6 pages ]

Map [ PDF: 279kb | 1 page ]

  1. Introduction

    1. Purpose and Scope of the Evaluation
    2. Approach and Methodology
    3. Study Limitations
    4. Report Structure

  2. Country and Sector Contexts

    1. Country Context
    2. Key Features of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    3. Investment Climate

  3. ANR Sector Strategies and Assistance

    1. Country Sector Strategies
    2. ANR Sector Assistance
    3. Irrigated Agriculture Development and Management
    4. Upland Agriculture and Stabilization of Shifting Cultivation
    5. River Basin Development and Watershed Management
    6. Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture
    7. Livestock Development
    8. Development of Tree Plantations

  4. ADB's Policy-Based Operations in ANR

    1. Political Economy of the ANR Reform Process
    2. ADB's Policy-Based Lending in ANR

  5. Performance of Projects and Technical Assistance

    1. Performance of Investment Projects
    2. Performance of Selected Technical Assistance
    3. Management of ANR Sector Assistance

  6. ANR Sector Performance and ADB's Contribution

    1. ANR Performance and Contribution to the Economy
    2. Contribution of ADB Assistance to ANR Performance

  7. ANR Sector Challenges: Towards a Market-Based Economy

    1. Improving Investment Climate
    2. Overcoming Corruption
    3. Removing Market Constraints
    4. Enhancing Economic and Regional Integration

  8. Conclusion and Recommendations

Appendixes [ PDF: 1,491kb | 165 pages ]

  1. ADB Assistance (Approved During 1986–2004) to Lao PDR in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector
  2. Country Indicators
  3. An Evaluation Synthesis on Rice in the Lao PDR
  4. Involvement of the Asian Development Bank in the Lao PDR Livestock Sector
  5. Summary of Key Policy Reforms in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (1986–2004)
  6. Governance Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Lao PDR
  7. Loan 965-LAO (SF): Agriculture Program Loan (1989–1993)
  8. Loan 1180-LAO: Second Agriculture Program Loan (1992–1995)
  9. 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
  10. Loan 1488-LAO: Community Managed Irrigation Sector Project
  11. Loan 1688-LAO: Shifting Cultivation Stabilization Pilot Project
  12. Loan 1788-LAO: Decentralized Irrigation Development and Management Sector Project
  13. Loan 1933-LAO: Nam Ngum River Basin Development Sector Project
  14. Loan 1949-LAO: Smallholder Development Project
  15. The Lao PDR: Summary Review of Selected Technical Assistance Performance
  16. Lao PDR: Summary Review of Selected Regional Technical Assistance Performance in the Context of the Lao PDR
  17. Selected Agricultural Statistics

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