Working with development partners on new strategies to mobilize assistance to the social sector amid current aid cuts.
Category: Laos
42 killed, 23 missing in July dam collapse
According to KPL, two more bodies of victims of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapse were found on Nov. 30.
Govt experts meet to improve pesticide management
Cooperation was also needed to assist with farmer field school, for scaling out agro ecology-based management of crop pests and diseases and to eliminate the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals in crop production,
South Korean investors leaving Lao communities behind
The top-down development model has social and environmental impacts, and weak regulations that put Korean investors and local communities at risk.
Laos to export over 14,000 MW of electricity by 2030
Thailand has signed agreements with Laos totaling 9,000 MW. Laos currently supplies over 4,000 MW. The Lao government expects to increase this to 7,000 MW by 2020 and 9,000 MW by 2030.
Lao Dam Collapse Creates Hardship for Student Far From Floodwaters
Laos’ worst flooding in decades is still reverberating far away in the capital of the poor, landlocked country.