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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2012
- DAC peer review
- On the path to 2015
- II. Cooperation with partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. Cooperation with non-governmental organisations
- VI. Humanitarian aid
- VII. Programme support
- VIII. Awareness-raising and development education
- IX. Microfinance
- X. Evaluation
- XI. Progress report on the Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
II. Cooperation with partner countries
Laos
Training of mid-wives within the context of support for the UNFPA
Plans for the future hospital in Bolikhamxay
Key events
Population 6.37 million
Area 236800 km2
GDP per capita (PPP in $) 2580
HDI ranking 138/186
In Laos, Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation focused primarily on supporting specific sectors including health, technical education and vocational training in the hotel and tourism industry, rural development and the cross-cutting theme of good governance.
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker attended the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) summit held in Vientiane in November 2012. In parallel to this event, Minister Marie-Josée Jacobs chaired the eighth Partnership Commission between Laos and Luxembourg and signed two new financing agreements: one for technical assistance to a rural development project by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in the north of Laos; the other for a project reinforcing the skills and service performances of local administrations implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
