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Laos
Local Development
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PROGRAMME PROFILE (1)
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Project/Programme Title
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Saravane Governance & Public Administration Reform & Decentralised Service Delivery Project (GPAR-SP)
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Status & Cycle
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Ongoing 2005-2009
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Total Costs/Funding (US$ m)
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Funding sources
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JOINT PROJECT RESOURCES
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PARALLEL
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UNCDF
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UNDP
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TOTAL
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UNCDF
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2.0
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2.0
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UNDP
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0.54
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0.54
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EC
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0.63
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0.63
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TOTAL
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2.0
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1.17
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3.17
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Context, Strategy & Opportunities
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UNCDF was invited to support one of the UNDP-supported GPAR Programme provincial pilot projects; GPAR-SP thus designed by UNCDF with a view to piloting improved District-level PEM and financing, thereby to help GoL implement its stated policy of empowering Districts as "budgeting units",
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Broader context is that Lao struggling to reform its inter-governmental fiscal relations policy framework
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Government Execution Partners
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Local Area & Coverage
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Reviews & Evaluations
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Main Policy Impact & Other Achievements to Date
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Local PEM innovations backed by Province decree
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The LDP has already demonstrated a viable local participatory planning system, managed through District admin teams
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Growing policy interest in the district development fund mechanism within PRSP/NSEDP
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Involvement negotiated within sub-national component of the PEMSP run by Ministry of Finance
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Support to World Bank replication & technical partnership
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Main Challenges
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Key Next Steps
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PROGRAMME PROFILE (2)
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Project/Programme Title
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Governance & Public Administration Reform for Strengthening Basic Service Delivery: District Development Fund component (GPAR/SBSD: DDF)
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Status & Cycle
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Starting - 2007-10
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Total Costs/Funding (US$ m)
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Funding sources
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JOINT PROJECT RESOURCES
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PARALLEL
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UNCDF
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UNDP
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TOTAL
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UNCDF
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0.7
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0.7
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UNDP
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0.9
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0.9
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Luxembourg
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3.3
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0.7
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4.0
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SDC
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3.5
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3.5
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WB
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3.0
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Funding gap
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1.15
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TOTAL
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4.0
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5.2
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10.3
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3.0
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Context, Strategy & Opportunities
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Broader context is that Lao struggling to reform its inter-governmental fiscal relations policy framework and also to improve service delivery as key plank of current NSEDP and PRSP
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UNDP has prepared a new phase of the broad GPAR programme focussing on service delivery - the DDF component will strengthen this by providing specific focus on local financing and PEM innovations, building on and replicating ongoing work in Saravane
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Basic DDF block grant piloting to be broadened with some work on conditional recurrent budgets in key sectors, & social protection.
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Broadening the innovation platform from 1 to total 5+ Provinces will greatly boost the scope for upstream policy work, especially with MoF on their PEMSP.
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Design of WB-funded "clone" (parallel funding) of DDF in Khammouane province, with technical support from UNCDF (and future MoU).
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Government Execution Partners
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Local Area & Coverage
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Reviews & Evaluations
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N/A
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Main Policy Impact & Other Achievements to Date
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JP Cost-sharing arrangements concluded
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World Bank replication of DDF model in Khammouane & Phongsaly provinces
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EC interest to co-fund DDF for upland areas
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Main Challenges
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Uneven local implementation of policy - eg on village clusters (and associated relocation of settlements)
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Integration of DDF within wider, diffuse programme
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Key Next Steps
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Hire ITA & team
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Sensitise new Provinces, develop MoUs, ToT, etc.
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Launch Province "PERs" with MoF
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UNCDF Contacts for Loa PDR
Mr. Gerry O'Driscoll
International Technical Specialist
gerry.odriscoll@uncdf.org
Mr. Thilaphong Oudomsine
Programme Officer
thilaphong.oudomsine@undp.org
Mr. Phiphob Luangsivilay
Programme Assistant
phiphob.luangsivilay@undp.org
UNCDF Regional Office for Asia
Local development
Ms. Jill Engen
Regional Technical Advisor
jill.engen@uncdf.org
Ms. Suela Krifsa
Regional Portfolio Specialist
suela.krifsa@uncdf.org
Last Updated: July 14, 2009
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