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Upland Development Strategy 2015 - 2020 and Draft of Indicative Investment Plan. NUDP, DOPC, MAF. Presentation to the SSWGUp 2 4 June 2014, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. Outline of the presentation. Context Challenges in preparing the investment plan Methodology Preliminary Results
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Upland Development Strategy2015-2020andDraft of Indicative Investment Plan NUDP, DOPC, MAF Presentation to theSSWGUp 24 June 2014, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
Outline of the presentation Context Challenges in preparing the investment plan Methodology Preliminary Results Issues for discussions
Context • Upland Development Strategy • Action Plan (5 pillars): - Food security and self-sufficiency (6 activities); - Commercial agriculture development, markets and marketing (9 activities); - Conservation and sustainable use of natural resources (4 activities); - Rural upland infrastructure (4 activities); and - HR and institutional development and public services delivery (13 activities). • Investment Plan: - To provide indicative information on current public and private investment projects; - To identify possible gaps in financing (difference from the AP budget); - To provide guidance in seeking funding for the implementation of AP; - Related government agencies, donors, INGOs, NGOs, FDI on agriculture, and Mega projects are included.
Challenges PIP (national and provincial) is budgeted yearly, but no clear PIP for uplands; MPI, MAF, and MONRE’s ODA databases exist, but only background information is included; ODA from China/Vietnam is yearly approved, but not detailed; Some FDI do not want to share their information and similarly, to other stakeholders; Some agencies have only few years budget and find it difficult to split their budget according to the AP; Investment plan is conducted while AP has not be finalized.
Methodology/process Visited related government offices (MAF, MPI, MONRE, PRF, MOIC, MPWT, Nayobai Bank, etc.); Accessed to ODA databases in MAF, MPI, MONRE, and INGOs network; Collected related ProDocs; Interviewed some FDI; Circulated survey questionnaires; Went through ProDocs, collected questionnaire and analyzed; Consolidated and summarized collected indicative budget; Identified the gaps with AP.
Methodology/assumptions • 78% of all districts are uplands; • PIP is only for 2013/14, no change in 2015, and 15% increase in following years (except for those with committed budget); • A total of 55 projects/programs, 32 NGOs have been included in the survey, 70% of which have detailed ProDocs. An indicative projection of 30% used for TA and administrative cost; • About 10 FDI projects on Agriculture, Hydropower and Mining have been analyzed to the level of detailed ProDocs; - it was found that from their total investment, the contribution to rural development was: Agriculture= 4%; Hydropower= 3.5%, and Mining=1.4%; of which 80% is infrastructure (conservation of natural resource) and 20% social activities.
Preliminary Results Bread down of the Investment Plan
Issues for discussions Suggestions on an improved set of data for investment plan from all sources. Suggestions on assumptions. Suggestions on how to address the gaps. Suggestions on the format of the investment plan. Other suggestions.
For more comments, please contact: Thiphavong Boupha Email: thiphavong@yahoo.com Tel: 2224 3481 Thank you very much for your attention.