Announcements and News Updates
National
Dissemination Meeting on Lao CBMS Result from 24 Villages on August 15,
2006
This meeting assembled
national policymakers, representatives from line ministries,
international organizations, concerned provinces and districts. This
meeting was held at the Novotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR on August 15,
2006 This meeting is being organized by the CBMS Lao Project-National
Statistical Center of Lao PDR.
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About CBMS- Lao PDR
Since the 1990's Lao
PDR has implemented a number of socio-economic programs to stabilize the
economy, promote growth, and subsequently reduce poverty. The Lao
Expenditure Consumption Surveys have been conducted throughout the
country although its results have satisfied the nationwide analysis
only. Because the survey was not designed fro lower level analysis, the
data shortfall on communities creates problems in designing and
prioritizing programs and policies that will alleviate the conditions of
the rural poor. it is acknowledged that there is a need to build and
develop the capacity at the grass-roots level to ensure the
effectiveness of decentralization. the data collection at the
grass-roots level should be organized through the decentralized
governance structure.
Community-based
monitoring system (CBMS) work in Lao generally aims to provide
policymakers timely information on various aspects of people at the
grass-roots and community level. It intends to complement the
decentralization efforts in Lao PDR, and achieve the main objective
directly involving local people in the design of policies that best
address their needs.
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Project Activities
- Development and design of household
questionnaire for collecting the information to support the existing
"Village Book"
- selection of appropriate indicators
for commune-based poverty monitoring and analysis in addition to
existing indicators that have been determined in the "Village Book".
- Provision to communities of simple
and easy-to-collect socioeconomic and poverty indicators to determine
the prevailing standards of living.
- Provision of practical,
scientifically generated data to local authorities for their effective
planning, monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
- Provision of data to policymakers to
be used for prioritization of projects and effective planning and
monitoring of developmental programmes in the various communities.
- Capacity-building of the selected
local authorities in data collection.
- Strengthening the coordination
between national Statistical Centre (NSC and local authorities as well
as among local authorities themselves.
- Documentation of the details of the
system developed and the results of the pilot test.
- Dissemination of the results of the
project in local and national workshops.
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Papers
and Reports (links forthcoming)
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Partner Institution
CBMS work in Lao PDR is being
implemented by the National Statistical Center, Which is part of the
Committee for Planning and Cooperation in the country. Its core task
include coordination, research, and implementation and control of all
national statistics activities in Lao PDR.
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Contact Information
Inquiries regarding CBMS-Lao PDR may
be sent to:
Dr. Samaychanh Boupha
CBMS-Lao Project Director
Address: National statistical Center
Luangprabang Road, Vientiane
Lao PDR
Tel#: (856) 21-214-740; 242-023
Fax #: (856)21-219-129; 242-022
Email:
nscp@laotel.com;
nscunfpa@laotel.com
Website:
www.nsc.gov.la
Research Team Members
Ms Phonesaly Souksavath
Mr. Sengmany Keolangsy
Mr. Vilon Vipongxay
Ms. Soucharith Nokeo
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