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Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR : Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity

Since the introduction of economic reforms in the mid-1980s, strong growth and development have lifted thousands of poor women and men out of poverty, changing traditional ways of life in Lao PDR. In this environment of change, gender relations, wi...

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Main Authors:	Asian Development Bank, World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Manila 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADULT LITERACY ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY ADVOCACY EFFORTS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BIODIVERSITY CAUSE OF DISABILITY CHILD HEALTH CHILDBIRTH CLIMATE CHANGE COMPLICATIONS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENHANCING WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUAL PARTICIPATION EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF WOMEN ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY HEALTH FEMALE LITERACY FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIRST MARRIAGE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FORCED PROSTITUTION FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAPS GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER PARITY GENDER POLICY GENDER RELATIONS GENDER STEREOTYPES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH OF WOMEN HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH WORKERS HIV HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUSBANDS ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCLUSION OF WOMEN INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL TREATIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITY MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICAL STAFF MIDWIVES MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERNIZATION MOTHER NATIONAL COMMITTEE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL GOALS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL STRATEGY NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF GIRLS NUMBER OF WOMEN NURSE NURSES NUTRITION PARLIAMENTARY SEATS PARTICIPATION IN DECISION PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSISTENT GAPS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLICIES ON GENDER POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DIALOGUE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLYGAMY POOR NUTRITION POPULATION POLICY PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL POLICY REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SEX SEX WITH MEN SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SON PREFERENCE STRATEGY FOR WOMEN TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADITIONAL PRACTICES UMBILICAL CORD UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN POVERTY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WOMAN WORK FORCE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17196798/country-gender-assessment-lao-pdr-reducing-vulnerability-increasing-opportunity-vol-2-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16511

Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR : Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity

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