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A clearer link between the DMF, policy actions, and the GAP is necessary.

Project Number: 45230-001
Project Name: Women’s Entrepreneurship Support Sector Development Program
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For a program directly targeting women, GAP targets be integrated more into the program design and included in the DMF.

Project Number: 45230-001
Project Name: Women’s Entrepreneurship Support Sector Development Program
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The collection of sex-disaggregated data is a key feature of programs that support women and the policy-based loan funds could have been used as leverage to create such database.

Project Number: 45230-001
Project Name: Women’s Entrepreneurship Support Sector Development Program
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For programs which focus on gender equity, identifying and ensuring that institutions supporting gender are onboard throughout program development and implementation is crucial.

Project Number: 45230-001
Project Name: Women’s Entrepreneurship Support Sector Development Program
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Strong analytical work supported with sex-disaggregated data is necessary to back-up and sustain the commitments of the government to prioritize interventions directly targeting women.

Project Number: 45230-001
Project Name: Women’s Entrepreneurship Support Sector Development Program
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Due diligence and an in-depth understanding of sociocultural attitudes and the identification of baseline indicators are vital to making targets more realistic and making monitoring more achievable.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Realistic target setting of project outcome and outputs, including those of gender, will minimize changes during implementation.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Support to higher education reforms should be planned and conceived over at least a 10- to12-year time frame to ensure that activities can be carried over and consolidated even under separate projects.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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It is important to identify actions that are realistic.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Set realistic output and outcome targets. Several project targets, including gender outcome and output targets were unrealistic because they did not consider prevailing cultural norms and insufficient information for students and parents on employment opportunities. The project boosted female student enrollment through the voucher scheme, social marketing campaigns and the provision of dormitories. However, female enrollment remained low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Cooperation with private sector is crucial. The project collaborated with four trade TWGs in developing skill standards and curriculum to meet with labor market demand and employers’ needs. The project also enhanced the TVET institutions’ capacity to work with private enterprises. Over 40 memoranda of agreements were signed in areas of skills training and internships. There is a potential for greater private sector involvement.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Introduction of competency-based training and modular training program are effective methodologies as they use hands on practice rather than abstract learning. It helped students to obtain jobs in the formal sector, and enable others to become self-employed. The project, through the CBT, expanded 15 opportunities for young students, particularly in underserved areas and access to skill training programs offering official certification corresponding to their education level and financial capacity.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Increased TVET enrollment seen with social marketing campaigns and activities to change public perception and promote TVET, provision of voucher grants, and dormitories for students, particularly those from rural and ethnic communities. The project contributed to a significant increase of TVET enrollment, including female students. However, cultural norms and beliefs keep female enrollment low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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A well-defined results framework with relevant indicators is particularly important to monitor the environmental and social impacts of large hydroelectric/HPP projects

Project Number: 37734-013
Project Name: GMS Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
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Occupational health and safety risks can be minimized even in complex construction situations.

Project Number: 37734-013
Project Name: GMS Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
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