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Title
ODI - Laos' Story:
Unsung progress
in rural sanitation:
Building the
foundations in
Lao PDR
Abstract
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) faces considerable
challenges in the delivery of sustainable and equitable
access to sanitation in rural areas. The country is one of
the poorest countries in East Asia and receives one of the
highest per capita levels of aid in the world. Approximately
84% of its poor are rural inhabitants, with almost 2 million
rural dwellers falling below the poverty line. More than
half the population lives in upland areas with a critical lack
of infrastructure, presenting huge technical, social and
physical challenges to sanitation service delivery.
Nevertheless, the country has made progress since 1990
in increasing access to improved sanitation in rural areas.
This is a story of rapidly increasing access to improved
sanitation and of gradually improving government systems
for service delivery. This progress is to an extent ‘unsung’ –
Lao PDR’s current sanitation challenges tend to eclipse its
positive steps forward. But progress has been made in a
difficult sector from an extremely low base, even if major
challenges remain.
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