Remote communities benefiting from poverty reduction efforts
World Bank and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) recently agreed to provide funds to support Laos in implementing the third phase of a programme involving 350 infrastructure improvement projects. The third phase of the Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) programme, which is running from 2017-2019, is supported by Work Bank to the tune of US$30 million, SDC with US$18 million and the Lao government pitching in a further US$6million, according to PRF.
