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 |