The Lao PDR today launched the second Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project, bringing additional resources to improve nutrition and raise incomes in 25 of the country’s poorest districts, with support from the World Bank. The project is part of the second phase of the Nutrition Convergence program, which was also launched today to coordinate five World Bank-financed projects to accelerate the reduction of stunting in Laos.
The $37 million Reducing Rural Poverty and Malnutrition Project will focus on nutrition-improvement efforts that will benefit around 85,000 people. It expands…
