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Reducing vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing social protection and labour rights and entitlements in the coffee and tea sectors of Lao PDR - Final independent evaluation

eval_number:

3413

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3413

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Rural economy

category:

Economic and social development

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comments:

Producer groups and cooperatives, CSO

challenges:

n/a

success:

Increasing productivity through adequate equipment and improving access to markets helps boost income and thus supports registration in social security.

context:

Better access to markets improves farmers’ income and available resources and helps them prioritize their social protection needs. A similar outcome is generated by improving workers’ access to occupational safety and health preventative means: Less accidents leads to improved productivity.

description:

The economic empowerment of farmers may lead to sustainable participation in social security system. By promoting an increase in productivity and the economic empowerment of farmers, projects may strengthen farmers’ capacity to enrol and remain in social security systems.

administrative_issues:

Link social security and OSH-related projects to improvements in agricultural processes/ assets and increased productivity.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/2335917

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location:

country:

Lao People's Democratic Republic

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Reducing vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing social protection and labour rights and entitlements in the coffee and tea sectors of Lao PDR - Final independent evaluation