Transcript Country Report Lao PDR

Country Presentation:
Tools for national MDG
monitoring Lao PDR
Presented by : Thirakha CHANTHALANOUVONG
Lao Department of statistics
Ministry of Planning and Invetment
The International Conference on the Millennium
Development Goals Statistics (ICMDGS)
October 19-21, 2011, Philippines, Manila
China
Country Background
Myanmar
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Contents
• Back ground information of Laos
• MDG monitoring in Laos
• Eases and difficulties in attaining
MDG in 2015
• Priorities given by Lao government.
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Back ground information of Laos

Population (million)
: 6.2 million

Area (sq.km)

Population Growth Rate (percent): 2.5

Infant Mortality Rate (per thousand): 70

Under 5 Mortality Rate (per thousand): 97.6

Life Expectancy at Birth(year)
: 236 800
Female
: 63
Male
: 59
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Back ground information of Laos (Cont.)

Adult Literacy Rate (percent)
Female
: 63.2
Male
: 82.5
Per capita GDP(US$)
: 1 087
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MDG Monitoring in Laos
- Establishment of National Supervisory
Committee (2003)
-
- Membership at Ministerial level from line
Ministries
-
- Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Established MDG National Secretariat to
monitor and report on MDG
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MDG Monitoring in Laos (Cont.)
- MDGs incorporated into NSEDP
- NSEDP is more ambitious than MDGs
- NSEDP to halve poverty by 2005 and to
fundamentally eradicate poverty by 2015
- Long term goal of exit the Least Developed
Status by 2020
 First National Report on MDGs in 2004
 Second National Report on MDGs in 2008
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MDG Monitoring in Laos (Cont.)
Government investment for data collection:
 Population and Housing Census: 1985, 1995, 2005.
Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey: 1992/93, 1997/98,
2002/03, 2007/2008.
 Agricultural Census: 1997/98, 2010/2011.
Lao Reproductive Health Survey: 1994, 2000, 2005.
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: 1994, 2000, 2006.
Economic Census: 2006.
Lao Social Indicator Survey: 2011/12.
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Goal 1: Eradicate Poverty and Hunger
Proportion of population below poverty line
100
On track
80
60
46
40
27.6
24
20
1992
1995
2000
2005
2008
2010
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2015
Goal 1: Eradicate Poverty and Hunger
Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age
100
Off track
80
60
44
37
40
22
20
1993
1995
2000
2005
2006
2010
10
2015
 Some
progress, but concern on disparity between boys
and girls
Indicator
006: Net enrolment
in primary school
Baseline for
Lao PDR
58% (1991)
Most Recent
Status
84% (2005)
007: Proportion of pupils 48% (1991) 62% (2005)
Starting grade 1 who
Reach grade 5
008: Literacy rate in the age
group 15-24 year
79% (2001)
2015 Target
for Lao PDR
98%
95%
84% (2005) 99%
Net Enrolment Rate in Primary School
100
98
84
On track
80
60
58
40
20
1991
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 5
95
100
Off track
80
62
60
48
40
20
1991
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equity &
Empower of Women
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament
100
On track
80
60
40
20
30
25
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1991
1995
2000
2005
2008
2010
2015
 There
has been a gradual improvement but we are still
among the poorest in the region.
Indicator
Baseline for
Lao PDR Status
Most Recent
for Lao PDR
2015 Target
013: U5 mortality rate 170 (1995)
(deaths per 1,000
live births)
98 (2005)
80
014: Infant mortality
70 (2005)
49
69% (2005)
90%
104 (1995)
015: Proportion of
68% (1995)
one-year old immunized
against measles
Infant Mortality Rate and Under 5 Mortality rate (per 1,000 LB)
200
170
150
100
U5MR-Off track
98
104
50
55
IMR-On track
70
45
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
 The
Lao PDR has made progress in MMR.
Indicator
Baseline for
Lao PDR Status
Most Recent
2015 Target
5.1. Maternal mortality rate
650(1995)
405(2005)
260
5.2. Proportion of births
attended by skill birth
personnel
14(1994)
23(2005)
50

Need more investment, particularly in the rural areas, in antenatal
care, in the training of more birth attendants and in the promotion
of maternal health at the community level.
 Low
prevalence of HIV/AIDS, but remains at risk
(National Policy on HIV/AIDS/STI 2002-2005 and Introduced a
second-generation surveillance system)
 Malaria
has consistently been among the top three causes of
reported
morbidity and mortality.
Indicator
6.1. HIV prevalence among
general population (%)
6.2. Death rates associated
with malaria
Baseline for
Lao PDR Status
0.06(2001)
9 (1990)
Most Recent
2015 Target
0.1 (2007)
<1
0.4 (2006)
0.2
Goal 7: Esuring Environmental
Sustainability (Cont.)

Lao PDR is not a major contributor to climate change, but
concern on land forest cover.

Recognition of the importance of forestry and biodiversity
conservation:
established 20 national Biodiversity Conservation Areas, plus
two corridor areas, that cover 14.3 percent of the country’s
area.

Set the target for putting an end to slash-and-burn cultivation
by 2010 and to establish 500,000 hectares of new tree
plantation for the period from 2000 to 2020.
Goal 7: Esuring Environmental
Sustainability (Cont.)
Indicator
Target
Baseline for
Most Recent
Lao PDR Status
7.1. Proportion of land area
Under considered
covered by forests(%)
47 (1992)
7.2. CO2 emissions, total, 50(1999)
per capital and per US$1
GDP (PPP) and consumption
Of ozone-depleting substances
(metric tonnes)
7.3. proportion of total water
resources used (%)
2 (1999)
42 (2002)
18 (2006)
2-5 (2006)
2015
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership
For Development
Target 8A. Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system
Indicator
Baseline for
Lao PDR Status
8.1. Average tariffs on exports
21 (1990)
of agriculture products, clothing
and textiles to develop market with
Which Lao PDR has
- MFN status
17(1990)
8.3. The border cost related ,
to importing one container
(US$ per container)
8.4. The border cost related ,
to exporting one container
(US$ per container)
Most Recent
8 (2005)
16 (2005)
1690 (2005)
1420 (2005)
2015 Target
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership
For Development (Cont.)
Target 8C. Address the special needs of landlocked developing
countries
Indicator
8.7. ODA received as
- Proportion of its GDP
- In US$ per capital
Baseline for
Lao PDR Status
Most Recent
21 (2002)
74 (2002)
10.6 (2005)
60 (2006)
8.10. Proportion of ODA
Grants to LDCs that goes
To Lao PDR
0.6 (1990)
1.5 (2006)
8.11. Net ODA received
From OECD/DAC donors
By Lao PDR as percent of
Its GDP
9.7 (1995)
5.45 (2006)
2015 Target
Eases and Difficuties in attaining
MDG by 2015
 Supportive
conditions:
Strong commitment from the government
MDGs has been incorporated in National
Socio-Economic Development Plan.
Economic Growths at considerable
satisfactory rates (at the average of 6.5%
from 2001-2006)
Poverty incidence has been remarkably
reduced.
Eases and Difficuties in attaining
MDG by 2015
Constraints:
Lack of fund and budget
Low human resource development
Low awareness on MDGs
Priorities given by Lao Government
To
effectively implement National SocioEconomic Development (2011-2015)
Mobilize
Mobilize
resources
participation of all
governmental agencies and the public.