Renewed efforts to help Laos combat poverty, malnutrition

Lao government and World Bank officials on Tuesday launch Phase II of the Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE: The Lao government launched Phase II of the Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project on Tuesday (June 11), bringing additional resources to improve nutrition and raise incomes in the country’s 25 poorest districts, with support from the World Bank.

The project is part of the second phase of the Nutrition Convergence programme, which was also launched on Tuesday to coordinate five World Bank-financed projects to accelerate the reduction of stunting in Laos.