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National Rural Employment Strategy in Lao PDR towards increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in rural areas - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2770

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2770

location:

country:

Lao People's Democratic Republic

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

National Rural Employment Strategy in Lao PDR towards increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in rural areas - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2022-08-22 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Gender equality

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comments:

This recommendation reflects the report’s tendency to provide generalizations that are dismissive, careless and unstudied and is very unfortunate and inaccurate.

action_plan:

The recommendation rests upon the surprising conclusion that "women economic empowerment was not a focus in phase two." The project established mechanisms that led to women being equal decision makers in productive activities. The earlier phase taught gender equality, this current phase reinforced its expression in economic relationships. These are quantified and documented. Furthermore, the executive summary concluded that "project’s VCD models rarely benefited the poorer rural people.”. Baseline studies had in fact placed the VCD-participating households as falling below the food security threshold, contrary to the report’s sweeping statement. The report preparers did not capture the lengthy deliberations (among the project, labour ministry and the donor, SDC) on balancing the project’s reach between remote households and those having some road access. A proper rural employment strategy has to reach both types and understand their implications on costs and results.

management_response:

Rejected

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

CO-Bangkok

title:

Recommendation 8: The NRES project and SDC should carefully consider the overall approach and strategic focus of the program with regards to the promotion of women economic empowerment. Within this context, 57 the project should design business models and project strategies that promote women’s economic empowerment, in order to allow vulnerable people, including PwDs, to benefit from project interventions.

project_symbols:

LAO/16/01/CHE

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/15915

information_source:

Country Office

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