Women participate in a WFP nutrition training in Luangnamtha, northern Laos. Copyright: WFP/Aachal Chand

WFP Outlines Plan To Fight Undernutrition in Lao PDR Over Next Four Years

Nutrition is at the heart of the new Country Programme for Lao PDR approved by the Executive Board of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome during its Second Regular Session from 14 to 17 November 2011. The Country Programme details WFP’s projects to fight malnutrition in Lao PDR in the years 2012 to 2015. Read more

Overview

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is one of the world’s least developed countries.  It is landlocked and mountainous, with significant parts of the country still inaccessible by road. Despite steady economic growth in the past decade, food insecurity remains widespread throughout the country and alarmingly high in rural areas. Ethnic groups living in remote areas and rural children are particularly vulnerable: every second child under five years of age in rural Laos is chronically malnourished (stunted).

WFP Lao PDR Country Strategy 2011-2015

A country that is free from undernutrition and its debilitating impacts on human potential and national development - this is the vision and guiding principle for WFP's work in the Lao PDR. The country strategy document looks at the Lao development context, government policies and WFP's comparative advantages and defines strategic priorities for WFP in the years 2011 to 2015. Read more

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Country at a glance 2011
Planned Beneficiaries319,968
Beneficiary needs (mt)8,398
Beneficiary needs ($US)14,753,593