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Acronyms

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America

CL

Comité de Coopération avec le Laos

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against  Women

CLCs

Community Learning Centres

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

CWS

Church World Service

DAFEO

District Agriculture and Forestry Extension Offices

EC

European Commission

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GAA

German Agro Action

GOL

Government of Lao PDR

JVC

Japan International Volunteer Centre

HIV/AIDS

Human Immuno Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

ILO

International Labour Organization

IOM

International Organization for Migration

INGOs

international non-government organizations

Lao PDR

Lao People's Democratic Republic

LDC

least-developed country

LPRP

Lao People's Revolutionary Party

LPRYU

Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union

LYU

Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union

MOAF

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

MLSW

Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare

MOE

Ministry of Education

Mt

metric tons

NAFES

National Agriculture and Forestry Extension Service

NAFRI

National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute

NCAW

National Commission for the Advancement of Women

NGPES

National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy

NPADP

North Phongsaly Alternative Development Project

NPEP

National Poverty Eradication Programme

NTFPs

non-timber forest products

NUOL

National University of Lao PDR

IOs

international organizations

PAFEC

Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Extension Centres

PDDP

Rural Development Project of Phongsaly district

STDs

sexually transmitted diseases

UNDCP

United Nations Drug Control Programme

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

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