1. Lao PDR
The World Bank collaboration with Lao PDR project – LAO Stat ‘Strengthening the Lao Statistics System’. Also, key learnings from the project that are relevant to the RPES.
Fourth Project Support Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand | 13 November 2017

2. Outline of Presentation
What is the motivation of the project? What are you trying to achieve?
What issues have you faced? And how do you intend to overcome them?
What is your plan to progress the project (including timelines)?
What have you learnt from the project so far?
How does this affect RPES? (See slide notes below)
How does this affect RPES?
This slide varies depending on the nature of the presentation. For countries that are presenting on the projects not part of the RPES (Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Nepal and Timor Leste) the slide presents an opportunity to identify how the RPES could support the current project or how the project could be used to help other project country members – a case study for regional dissemination for example.
For countries presenting on an RPES project (Bhutan, Cambodia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam) the focus is on
“how do the lessons affect future project implementation”. This can be for your country perspective or recommendations for the RPES project and other countries considering similar projects.

3. Motivation / Achieve
What is the motivation of the project? What are you trying to achieve?
Project Objective:
1. Strengthening macroeconomic and poverty data
development and management capacity
2. Improving Statistical related policies and
strengthening statistical producing capacity of
LSB and SMAs;
3. Improving macroeconomic and poverty data sharing and access

4. Motivation / Achieve Project components:
1. Strengthening macroeconomic and poverty data
development and management
2. Improving policies and strengthening
Implementation capacity;
3. Improving data sharing and access
4. Supporting LAOSTAT Project management

5. Issues / Overcome
What issues have you faced? And how do you intend to overcome them?
Issue
Overcome
- Management team
Steering committee + NIC
Extra management team + Financial staff
- Technical Assistance in different areas
- twining project with GOPA
Shortage of qualified staff for
implementing plan
English course
Training, workshop and study tour
HR strategy
- ICT limitation
-ICT system and ICT strategy development plan

6. Plan to Progress / Timelines
Economic Statistics:
Establish SUT 2012 and GDP time series , New system of GDP compilation (End)
New weight for CPI, developing CAPI for data collection (End of this year)
PPI data collection (End)
Training/Workshop (End)

7. Lessons learnt
What is your plan to progress the project (including timelines)?
The project end in 2017, activity remain on going is support on ICT system
What are the gaps?
- LAOSTAT project Phase I: concentrate on building up STAT infrastructure, methodology and capacity building

8. Impact on RPES What have you learnt from the project so far?
4 components were planned to implement in Lao PDR:
Review and revise Statistics Law
Review on economics statistics as part of mid-term review of NSDS and support development of national economics statistics development plan
Development on research program in support of economic statistics development priority
Design and implement targeted technical assistant activities on economic statistics

9. Impact on RPES
complete Review and revise Statistics Law and including translate into English (Disseminate during the Launching event 20 Oct 2017)
Review on economics statistics as part of mid-term review of NSDS and support development of national economics statistics development plan (On going with regional activities)

10. How does this affect RPES?
Issue
RPES Lao PDR
Institutional/Management
- LSB will proceed the request (Counterpart issue) and kick off the program
- UNESCAP-focal piont
Shortage of qualified staff for
implementing plan
- Training, workshop and study visit
Research study
- Need to be indicated priority topic

11. 2018 work plan Activities Timeline Dissemination Law (revision)
2 times:
For national level
Provincial level
March
July
2. Study on compilation real estate price index
Training/Workshop at regional level (1 times)
Training/Workshop at national level(1 times)
Study visit in countries in the same region
May
Sep

12. 2018 work plan Activities Timeline 3. Research Study:
Real estate contribute to economies
A. Project proposal:
- (TA, study visit)
- finalize the PP
B. research study and writing
finalize
C. Publication
Project proposal TA
January
February
September
October

13. Q&A