Lao PDR

Background documents and resources

Governance Resources

• Lao Constitution Amended [2003]

• General Assembly: Development of Rule of Law

• Full List of Lao Translated Laws

• Human Rights approaches to Development [2006]

• Measuring Democratic Governance [2006]

• Support To Legal Aid [2003]

• Governance in the least Developed Countries in Asia and Pacific [2004]

• Governance Roundtable Meeting (RTM): Implementation of Priority Areas of Governance Reform, Government of Lao PDR [2004]

• Progress Report

• Matrix  

• Report on Meeting

• Governance Indicators: A Users’ Guide; UNDP – Oslo Governance Center [2004]

• Governance Matters III, Governance Indicators for 1996-2002; Policy Research Working Paper 3106, D. Kaufmann A. Kraay, M. Mastruzzi, World Bank [2003]  

• Priority Areas for Governance Reform: Public Service Reform, People’s Participation, Rule of Law and Sound Financial Management; Government of the Lao PDR [2003]

  • Policy Paper

  • Background Paper  

• Looking Back to See Forward – Consultations about Good Governance and Participatory Development in the Lao PDR; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Vientiane [2002]


• Human Development Report 2002- Deepening democracy in a fragmented world; UNDP [2002]

Public Administration Reform and Decentralization

• Public Administration Reform and the UNDP: Documents and PAR Toolkit; UNDP [2004]

• Resources and Documentation on Decentralization; UNDP [2004]

Access to Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Development

• Lao International Law Newsletter April - September, 2009 (pdf, 1.51mb)

• Legal Needs Assessment in Viet Nam

• Parliamentary Development Resources; UNDP [2004]

• Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: Training and Educational Material; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights