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Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and ADB
ADB support to the Lao PDR continues to focus on infrastructure and private sector development, enhanced human development, sustainable natural resource management, and climate resilience.
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Greening Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Pipeline
Private sector capital needs to be mobilized to bridge the climate financing gap. This requires new innovative approaches to attract private sector investment in green projects.
When it Comes to Fighting Climate Change, Green is Golden
Climate change is an existential threat, but it also represents a massive opportunity for Southeast Asia to pursue low-carbon economic growth.
How Nature-Based Solutions Can Help Fight Climate Change
ADB is deploying nature-based solutions to help developing member countries address climate change risks while protecting the environment and ensuring benefits for people.
ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
ADB and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited signed a $682.55 million nonrecourse project financing package to build a 600-megawatt wind power plant in Sekong and Attapeu provinces in the southern region of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Lao PDR Facts
ADB's Work in the Lao PDR
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) completed a voluntary national review of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The country is on track for achieving SDGs on clean water and sanitation, decent work and economic growth, and responsible consumption and production. Progress on water supply and sanitation is particularly noteworthy, with ADB supporting water supply connections to 2% of households across the country. Progress on the remaining 14 SDGs has been more moderate. The Government of the Lao PDR is prioritizing education, health, and social protection in its 9th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) as part of its strategy to graduate from the United Nation’s Least Developed Country category by 2026.
Data: Lao PDR
Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Development indicators for Pakistan, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
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ADB extended assistance to Lao PDR to implement the Greater Mekong Subregion Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Project, which provided training and preparation on crop production and farm productivity in both dry and wet seasons.
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- ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund
- ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility
- ASEAN Infrastructure Fund
- Asian Clean Energy Fund
- Asian Development Fund
- Australian Climate Finance Partnership
- Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia
- Cities Development Initiative for Asia
- Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility
- Clean Energy Fund
- Climate Change Fund
- Climate Investment Funds
- Financial Sector Development Partnership Fund
- Financial Sector Development Partnership Special Fund
- Global Agriculture and Food Security Program
- Global Environment Facility
- Global Partnership for Education Fund
- Green Climate Fund
- Japan Scholarship Program Fund
- Japan Special Fund
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How Nature-Based Solutions Can Help Fight Climate Change
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When it Comes to Fighting Climate Change, Green is Golden
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Greening Southeast Asia’s Infrastructure Pipeline
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ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
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ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2022: Building Southeast Asia’s Green Project Pipelines
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Developing a Local Currency Government Bond Market in an Emerging Economy after COVID-19: Case for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Facilitating Power Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Establishing and Implementing a Regional Grid Code
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Stronger Financial Markets Needed to Boost Lao PDR's Resilience to Shocks
Contact: Lao PDR Resident Mission (LRM)
Corner of Lanexang Av. and Samsenthai Rd., P.O. Box 9724, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Fax +856 21 250333
Lao PDR Resident Mission's (LRM) primary role includes:
- Government, development partners, civil society, and private sector relations
- Country programming
- Policy dialogue and support
- Country reporting
- Aid coordination
- External relations and information dissemination
- Portfolio management and project administration
LRM also assists with:
- Project and technical assistance processing
- Economic and sector work and other analytical work
The Lao PDR Resident Mission will be closed on these dates:
- New Year's Day: January 2 (Monday), in lieu of January 1
- International Women's Day: March 8 (Wednesday)
- Lao New Year: April 14, 17, 18 (Friday, Monday, Tuesday), in lieu of April 15, 16
- Labor Day: May 1 (Monday)
- Boat Racing Festival: October 30 (Monday)
- Lao National Day: December 1 (Friday), in lieu of December 2
- Christmas Day: December 25 (Monday)
- News Year's Eve: December 29 (Friday), in lieu of December 31
Last updated: 14 December 2022