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ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
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ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America |
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CL |
Comité de Coopération avec le Laos |
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CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
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CLCs |
Community Learning Centres |
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CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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CWS |
Church World Service |
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DAFEO |
District Agriculture and Forestry Extension Offices |
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EC |
European Commission |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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GAA |
German Agro Action |
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GOL |
Government of Lao PDR |
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JVC |
Japan International Volunteer Centre |
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HIV/AIDS |
Human Immuno Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome |
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ILO |
International Labour Organization |
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IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
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INGOs |
international non-government organizations |
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Lao PDR |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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LDC |
least-developed country |
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LPRP |
Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
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LPRYU |
Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union |
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LYU |
Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union |
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MOAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
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MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
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MLSW |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
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MOE |
Ministry of Education |
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Mt |
metric tons |
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NAFES |
National Agriculture and Forestry Extension Service |
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NAFRI |
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute |
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NCAW |
National Commission for the Advancement of Women |
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NGPES |
National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy |
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NPADP |
North Phongsaly Alternative Development Project |
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NPEP |
National Poverty Eradication Programme |
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NTFPs |
non-timber forest products |
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NUOL |
National University of Lao PDR |
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IOs |
international organizations |
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PAFEC |
Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Extension Centres |
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PDDP |
Rural Development Project of Phongsaly district |
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STDs |
sexually transmitted diseases |
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UNDCP |
United Nations Drug Control Programme |
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UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
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UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
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UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
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UNODC |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
