Lao People's Democratic Republic: Registries, risk reduction and resilience

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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Registries, risk reduction and resilience

Improving vulnerability and risk analysis to enhance social registries for shock-responsive social protection

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic ;

Pages 20 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

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To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd4570en

Synopsis (short abstract) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been conducting vulnerability and risk analysis for agricultural populations since the early 2000s. The Sendai Framework has further advanced this work by providing a structured approach to assessing exposure, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity using diverse data sources and tools. In the Asia-Pacific region, FAO continues to develop and apply practical tools for large-scale, population-based analyses to inform disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, and social protection policies. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, high disaster risk and a predominantly agricultural workforce contribute to multidimensional vulnerabilities. Agriculture employs 70 percent of the population, with over half of households relying on subsistence farming. Between 1970 and 2010, the country experienced 33 natural hazards, affecting 9 million people and causing over USD 400 million in economic losses. In 2019 alone, 13 percent of households faced multiple hazards, such as droughts, floods, and landslides. Robust vulnerability and risk analysis systems are essential for designing and targeting climate-sensitive social protection programmes that address poverty, risk reduction, and resilience-building in the agriculture sector. This publication reviews datasets from the Lao People's Democratic Republic to assess their capacity to generate relevant indicators for vulnerability and risk analysis. The review aims to enhance risk assessment methodologies to improve the design and implementation of social protection, anticipatory action, and shock-responsive interventions for agricultural communities.

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FAO. 2025. Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Registries, risk reduction and resilience – Improving vulnerability and risk analysis to enhance social registries for shock-responsive social protection. Vientiane.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd4570en

Language English

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