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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and ADB
ADB operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic support quality, sustainable, inclusive, and green growth for COVID-19 recovery, with a focus on health care and food security.
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In the Spotlight
ASEAN Needs to Focus on Boosting Quality of Life to Build a Resilient and Inclusive Community — New ADB Report
ASEAN members must shift from meeting basic development targets to ramping up efforts to improve quality of life across the region to build a resilient ASEAN and yield a faster recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new ADB report.
Narrowing the Development Gap: Follow-Up Monitor of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development
This report uses a broad range of indicators to assess the individual and collective development progress made by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Q&A: Narrowing the Development Gap: Follow-Up Monitor of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development
A new ADB report finds that the path to recovery has proven uneven and diverse, yielding development gaps among member countries of ASEAN.
Landscape Study on Southeast Asia’s Aviation Industry: COVID-19 Impact and Post-Pandemic Strategy
Following heavy losses of passenger traffic due to COVID-19, the resurgence of Southeast Asia's aviation market is vital to regional recovery, so this report reveals strategies to help ADB members rebuild a greener, more resilient aviation industry.
Lao PDR Facts
ADB's Work in the Lao PDR
The economy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) gradually recovered in 2022, supported by the reopening of the country’s borders and improved mobility after a 2-year closure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
To date, ADB has committed 364 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $2.6 billion to the Lao PDR. Cumulative loan and grant disbursements to the Lao PDR amount to $2.41 billion.
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
What's New
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Narrowing the Development Gap: Follow-Up Monitor of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development
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ASEAN Needs to Focus on Boosting Quality of Life to Build a Resilient and Inclusive Community — New ADB Report
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Q&A: Narrowing the Development Gap: Follow-Up Monitor of the ASEAN Framework for Equitable Economic Development
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Trade Facilitation and Global Value Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
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Q&A: The SDGs Won't Be Achieved Without Private Capital. Here's How ADB Mobilizes It
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Landscape Study on Southeast Asia’s Aviation Industry: COVID-19 Impact and Post-Pandemic Strategy
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Reinvigorating Financing Approaches for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure in ASEAN+3
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Innovative Financing Key to Private Sector Participation in ASEAN+3 Infrastructure Development — ADB Report
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