CountryReportLaoPDR-MillenniumIndicators.ppt

* * * * * * 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 Country Presentation: Country Background L a o P D R China Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam * Contents Back ground information of Laos MDG monitoring in Laos Eases and difficulties in attaining MDG in 2015 Priorities given by Lao government. * Back ground information of Laos Population (million) : 6.2 million Area (sq.km) : 236 800 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) Female : 63 Male : 59 * Back ground information of Laos (Cont.) Adult Literacy Rate (percent) Female : 63.2 Male : 82.5 Per capita GDP(US$) : 1 087 * 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 * 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 * 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. * Goal