Reduce the Impact of UXO
 Lao PDR is the most heavily bombed country, per capita, in history. During the Second Indo-China war (1964-1975), more bombs were dropped on Lao PDR than on Japan and Germany combined during World War II.
Today cluster sub-munitions and other Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) continue to kill and injure around 300 people a year. A quarter of all villages are contaminated with UXO. The presence of such UXO negatively affects the socioeconomic development of the country, preventing access to agricultural land and increasing the costs, through land clearance, of all development projects, including building schools and roads.
In 2010, Lao PDR introduced a localized MDG9 to reduce the impact of UXO. With 41 out of 46 of the poorest districts contaminated, the correlation between UXO and poverty is clear to see. The United Nations estimates that US$300 million will be required over the next decade to achieve the targets.
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