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ມະໂນລົດ ພິນິດ (MANOROT PHINITH)¹ ພຸດທະສອນ ແກ້ວພູວົງ (PHOUTTHASONE KEOPHOUVONG)² ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດ, ຄະນສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳສາດ ¹ຮອງສາດສະດາຈານ ສາຂາສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳສາດ, ²ຄູສອນຄະນສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳສາດ ¹Assoc.Prof. , Master of Urban Planning, Land and Housing Development, ²Lecturer Faculty of Architecture NUOL. Email: phinmanorot@hotmail.com

Abstract

A master plan is a dynamic longterm planning document that provide a conceptual lay out to guide future growth and development. Master planning is about making the connection between buildings, social setting, and their surrounding environments. A master plan includes analyses, recommendations, and proposals for a site’s population, economy, housing, transportation, community facilities, and land use.

Khoun Municipality, Khoun District of XiengKhouang Province is also one of the third city in Lao PDR, it is one of the oldest city of the PHOUAN kingdom period. The municipality was established in the mountain area. The municipality was growth itself that it was many problems for the Khoun District Public Work and Transportation office as lack of access road, limited of land use for commerce, housing, market, transportation, public spaces…because more than 70% of the population who living in the municipality center work in the commercial sector and need their own housing plot by built their own houses without of the local government permission.

This master plan aims to explore the guide line to extend municipality center area for the future by analysis the strength, the weakness, the opportunity of each social and economic sector to develop this municipality center of Khoun District and to provide more land use for commerce, housing, market, transportation, public spaces, government places, education spaces, heritage protection area, electricity, water supply, waste water and sanitary system, solid waste management.The result could provide more 375 of housing plot of 600 m², 136 of commercial plot of 800 m², new government administrative offices for 20 ha, the necessary of the infrastructure and others. This master plan also provides the details of the guide line of the different areas regulation

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ການສຳຫຼວດ ກ່ຽວກັບຄວາມຫຼາກຫຼາຍຂອງປາ ໃນເຂດປ່າສະຫງວນພູຈອມວອຍທັງໝົດ 7 ຄັ້ງ ລະຫວ່າງປີ 2017-2020 ໃນຈໍານວນ 7 ຈຸດທີ່ນອນຢູ່ໃນເຂດເມືອງໄຊຈຳພອນ ແລະ ເມືອງຄຳເກີດ ແຂວງບໍລິຄຳໄຊ, ໄດ້ຮວບຮວມຕົວຢ່າງປາທັງໝົດຈຳນວນ  43 ຊະນິດ, 23 ສະກຸນ, 9 ຕະກຸນ, ຫຼາຍກວ່າໝູ່ແມ່ນຕະກຸນປາປາກ (Cyprinidae) ມີ 19 ຊະນິດ, ກວມເອົາ 44% ຂອງຈຳນວນຊະນິດປາທັງໝົດທີ່ພົບ. ປາສ່ວນຫຼາຍເລົ່ານີ້ລ້ວນແຕ່ເປັນອາຫານຂອງຄົນໃນທ້ອງຖິ່ນ ແລະ ພົບວ່າສະກຸນປາມັນ (Garra) ນັບວ່າເປັນປາທີ່ນຳເຂົ້າມາປ່ອຍໃນເວລາບໍ່ເທົ່າໃດປີທີ່ຜ່ານມານີ້. ພົບ 1 ຊະນິດ ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນສະຖານະພາບໃກ້ຈະສູນພັນທີ່ສຸດຄືປາພັ້ນ Schistura tenura (Kottelat,2000) ແລະ ອີກ 2 ຊະນິດທີ່ໃກ້ຈະສູນພັນຄື: ປາພັ້ນ Schistura bolavenensis (Kottelat,2000) ແລະ ປາຢື້ນ Pterocryptis inusitata. ອີກດ້ານນຶ່ງ, ປາແກງ (Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844)ໄດ້ມີການນໍາໃຊ້ຫຼາຍຢ່າງກວ້າງຂວາງ ແລະ ຖືກຈັດເປັນປາທີ່ໃກ້ຈະຖືກໄພຂົ່ມຂູ່. ໃນເຂດສຶກສາໄດ້ມີການບັນທຶກລາຍງານປາຂັງ Luciocyprinus striolatus ໃນເຂດວັງສະຫງວນຂອງບ້ານວັງບານ ເມືອງໄຊຈຳພອນ ທີ່ເປັນປາຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່, ຈັດຢູ່ໃນຈຳພວກປາທີ່ຖືກໄພຂົ່ມຂູ່ ແລະ ໃກ້ຈະສູນພັນ ຕາມບັນຊີແດງຂອງ IUCN. ຜົນການສຶກສາຢັງຢືນວ່າພວກເຮົາຍັງຕ້ອງການເວລາ ແລະ ຂະຫຍາຍພື້ນທີ່ເພີ່ມເຕີ່ມ ເພື່ອຊອກໄດ້ຊະນິດພັນໃໝ່ທີ່ອາດເຊື່ອງຊ້ອນຢູ່ໃນພື້ນທີ່ອັນອຸດົມສົມບູນທາງທຳມະຊາດ; ຊື່ງຈະເປັນຂໍ້ມູນທີ່ສຳຄັນໃຫ້ແກ່ວຽກງານອະນຸລັກປາໃນອະນາຄົດ.

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ທິດທາງການຈັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ ວຽກງານ ການເຕິບໂຕສີຂຽວ, ການສ້າງຄວາມທົນທານ ແລະ ການຄຸ້ມຄອງ ຄວາມສ່ຽງ

ວິລະນະ ສອນນະສິນ ກົມແຜນການ ແລະ ການເງິນ ກະຊວງຊັບພະຍາກອນທຳມະຊາດ ແລະ ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ

ແຜນພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດສັງຄົມແຫ່ງຊາດ ຄັ້ງທີ IX (2021-2025) ແລະ ເປົ້າຫມາຍການພັດທະນາແບບຢືນຢົງ  – ວຽກງານ ການເຕິບໂຕສີຂຽວ, ການສ້າງຄວາມທົນທານ ແລະ ການຄຸ້ມຄອງ ຄວາມສ່ຽງ

ແຜນພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດສັງຄົມແຫ່ງຊາດ ຄັ້ງທີ IX (2021-2025) ໄດ້ເອົາໃຈໃສ່ຈັດຕັ້ງຜັນຂະຫຍາຍ ຍຸດທະສາດການເຕິບໂຕ ສີຂຽວ ຮອດປີ 2030  ເຊິງ ໄດ້ຖືກຮັບຮອງ ໃນປີ 2019 ເຊິງເປັນເຄືອງມືອັນສຳຄັນ ໃນການຮັບປະກັນຫມາກຜົນຂອງການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດສັງົມ ຂອງ ສປປ ລວ ໄລຍະຍາວ ໃຫ້ໄປຕາມທິດສີຂຽວ ແລະ ຢືນຢົງ , ຍຸດທະສາດດັ່່ງກ່າວໄດ້ແນໃສ່: 

  1. ກະຕຸກຊຸກຍູ້ ການເຕິບໂຕ ທາງດ້ານເສດຖະກິດ, ການປັບປຸງຊີວິດການເປັນຢູ່, ການສ້າງວຽກເຮັດງາທຳ, ແລະ ການສ້າງລາຍຮັບ;
  2. ຍົກສູງການນຳໃຊ້ຊັບພະຍາກອນທຳະຊາດ ໃຫ້ສົມຄູ່ ໂດຍສະເພາະ, ປ່າໄມ້, ດິນ, ນໍ້າ ແລະ ນິເວດຊີວະນານາພັນ;
  3. ຫຼຸດຜ່ອນຜົນກະທົບ ທາງເສດຖະກິດ ຈາກໄພພິບັດທາງທຳມະຊາດ ແລະ ການປ່ຽນແປງສະພາບເສດຖະກິດໂລກ;
  4. ຫຼຸດຜ່ອນ ມົນລະພິດທາງອາກາດ, ສິ່ງເສດເຫຼືອ , ແລະ ທາດອາຍເຮືອນແກ້ວ ເຊິງ ກ່ຽວພັນກັບການການປ່ຽນແປງດິນຟ້າອາກາດ, ໄພພິບັດທາງທຳມະຊາດ ແລະ ພະຍາດຕ່າງໆ.

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UNMASKING THE IMPACT of COVID-19 on Asia’s Most Vulnerable – August 2020

Presented by Phouvee Vilay, Technical Specialist, Agriculture, Livelihood and Emergency Response, World Vision International Lao PDR

Acknowledgements

This report is a joint effort of many individuals across World Vision (WV) Offices, communities and partner organisations. We would like to acknowledge all stakeholders who partnered with us for this assessment across various countries in the Asia Pacific Region including children, parents, caregivers, community members and leaders, government representatives, women’s groups, faith leaders, local partners and community-based organisations (CBOs) who willingly committed their time and efforts amidst the challenging global health crisis.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the staff from WV Field Offices (FOs) of Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam for their dedication, expertise and commitment towards conducting the field assessments and capturing, consolidating and analysing the data. A special thank you to WV Support Offices and the Global Technical Team for providing support in data analysis and interpretation.

Thank you to all for partnering with the Asia Pacific Regional Office in this journey towards unmasking the impact of COVID-19 on Asia’s Most Vulnerable Children. World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by our Christian values, we are committed to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

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Technical Inefficiency of the Manufacturing Sector in Laos: A Case Study of Firm Survey

Vanxay Sayavong, Researcher, National Institute for Economic Research (NIER), Vientiane, Laos. Email: sai.vanxay48@gmail.com

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This study assesses the technical efficiency of the production of the Lao manufacturing industry based on a firm survey. 974 manufacturing firms in the Economic Census Survey in 2012/13 were used for the analysis with the help of Stochastic Frontiers Analysis (SFA). The study argues that Laos can further develop the manufacturing industry in the future since its share in GDP is currently small. Improving technical efficiency is crucial to develop the manufacturing industry in the future. The firms in the survey achieved only 61.1 percent of their full potential in the efficiency component, indicating that there is significant room for improvement. To this end, this study proposes that short-term policy interventions should prioritise the introduction of an accounting system and credit access to manufacturing firms, and human resource development and increased market access are considered the medium- and long-term policy recommendations.

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Assessing the Sustainability of Community-Driven Development Projects In Lao PDR.

Piya Wongpit Alay Phonvisay Keuangkham Sisengnam

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The Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach has been applied to more than 5,000 subprojects in 2,000 villages in the Lao PDR. CDD has the potential to make poverty reduction efforts more responsive to the need, more inclusive, more sustainable, and more cost-effective than traditional, centrally led programs. Many CDD projects could not survive due to financial support since many CDD projects could not sustain costs. The overall objective of this research is to assess the sustainability of CDD projects in Lao PDR with the specific objectives to investigate whether the degree of community contribution does matter for the current existence of CDD projects and to assess whether the community’s contribution could enhance the current performance of CDD projects. Logit regression is the main model to analyze the impact of the community’s contribution to the sustainability of CDD projects in Lao PDR. The result suggests that community participation in labor and finance are key factors for the sustainability of CDD projects.

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Exchange-rate volatility and Lao PDR’s Industry-level International Trade

Phouphet Kyophilavong Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos. Contact address: Po Box 7322, FEBM, NUoL, Dongdok, Viwntiane, Laos. E-mail: PhoupohetKyophilavong@gmail.com. Teerawat Charoenrat Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SME Development (CEISDA) in the ASEAN Region, Khon Kaen University, Nong Khai Campus,Thailand. Email: tc888@uowmail.edu.au. Kazuhiko Yokota School of Commerce, Waseda University. Contact address: 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ward, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan. E-mail: yokota21@gmail.com.

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This paper examines the exchange rate volatility and bilateral industry level trade flows between Lao and her major trade partners. As with other South-East Asian countries, Laos has a trade-dependent economic structure. Examining the impacts of exchange rate volatility on export flows, therefore, is indispensable for policy making. However, there are few studies that analyze this issue of Laos. On the other hand, many previous studies that examined the relationship between exchange rate volatility and trade volume are inconclusive. The reasons of these indefinable conclusions partly come from the understating of importance of imports and the high industry-aggregation. Our study therefore examines export and import demand models with disaggregate sectoral data in order to mitigate these problems. ARDL bound testing cointegration approach are applied.We found that there are long run relationship between exchange-rate volatility, trading partner’s GDP, Lao GDP, and total export including agriculture sector, manufacture sector and mineral sector. The exchange-rate volatility has a negative and significant impact on total export and agriculture export in the case of Laos. However, it has a negative impact on manufacture sector and mineral sector, but it is not significant.

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Estimating the potential impacts of WTO accession on Lao economy: Revisited

Phouphet Kyophilavong Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos Email: Phouphetkyophilavong@gmail.com Jong-Hwan Ko Department of International and Area Studies Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea Email: jonghko@pknu.ac.kr Yan Tan China-ASEAN Research Center Guangxi University for Nationalities Email: tinatan1129@gmail.com

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The objective of this paper is to re-estimate the potential impact of WTO accession on Lao economy used the GTAP model. This study was different from the previous study. First, this paper considered the improvement of trade facilitation from the WTO accession. In addition, this paper also considered the increasing FDI, and increase technical transfer/productivity from the WTO accession. Our finding showed that the WTO accession will increase real GDP, welfare. However, WTO accession will lead to increase trade deficits, surprisingly the trade deficit will be declined. There are negative and positive impacts on output. The demand for skilled labor and un-skilled labor will also increase. The poverty will be reduced from the WTO accession.

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Does Agglomeration and Urban Amenity Improve the Firms’ Productivity in LDC? The Case of Lao PDR

Phouphet Kyophilavong Shandre Thangavelu Inpaeng Sayvaya

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This paper examines the agglomeration effects and urban amenity on labor productivity in LDC country which take Lao PDR as the case study. The study on agglomeration and urban amenity on productivity has been gained attention from academics and policy makers. However, there are few studies that analyze this issue in LDC country. On the other hand, many previous studies that examined the impact of agglomeration and urban amenity on productivity are inconclusive, and most studies focused only in developed and developing countries. The reasons of these indefinable conclusions partly come from the characteristics of countries and the firms. Therefore, our study therefore examines the impact of agglomeration and urban amenity on the productivity in the case of Laos in order to mitigate the weakness of previous studies. The multiple-regression model is applied in this study, with a sample size of 122,776 firms. This study finds that the agglomeration economies have a positive impact and statistically significant on labor productivity for all firms and small firms, while there are no significant net benefits agglomeration economies for medium and large firms. The urban amenity also has a positive effect and statistically significant on labor productivity for the firms across-country, except large firms. Therefore, the authors conclude that agglomeration and urban amenity are very important factors to improve the labor productivity of the firms in Lao PDR, especially for small enterprises. Based on our results, this study suggests that policy makers or private sector should invest more on improving urban amenity through improving facilities to facilitate business operations of enterprises for increasing labor productivity and enhancing the ability to compete in international market level for the long term.