Strengthen Capacity to Sustainably Improve Livelihoods in the Green Growth Economic Corridor through Development of Strategic Mechanisms to Bolster Partnerships and Resource Mobilization under Hand-In-Hand Initiative (HIHI) - TCP/LAO/3805
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Despite significant economic growth over the past two decades, poverty and malnutrition remain high in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. A Food Systems Assessment carried out in 2021 indicated that the country was faced by a triple burden of undernutrition, emergent overnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. In 2017, despite a significant decrease in the stunting rate for children under five (CU5) years, the rate remained high, at 33 percent. Underweight and wasting remained serious concerns, with 70 percent of children below 12 months suffering from anaemia (Lao Social Indicator Survey [LSIS], 2017), while overweight affected 3.5 percent of CU5 (LSIS, 2017). Maternal malnutrition continued to be a problem, with about 40 percent of women of reproductive age (WRA) being anaemic. Overweight and obesity were also increasing among WRA, reaching 12.8 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively (National Information Platform for Nutrition, 2020). Overall, the burden of malnutrition in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a clear threat to achieving the SDGs and the NSEDP 2021–2025 targets. The situation with regard to poverty, malnutrition and inequality has suffered further deterioration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbations of climate change.