Lao People's Democratic Republic: Equality and discrimination

November 2008
- Village banking in Lao PDR, handbook for village bank management committees and support organizations - [pdf 1542 KB]
  18 November 2008 - The handbook consists of three parts. Part I explains what village banking is about, how village banks work and what principles help to ensure their success. Part II on the operation of village banks covers savings and loan policies, management, rules and regulations, gender equality as well as accounting. Part III focuses on the role of support organizations. (Book)
- Village banking in Lao PDR, ledger guide - [pdf 160 KB]
  18 November 2008 - This guide elaborates on how to fill in and use the ledger. The ledger is used to show expenditure and income by the type of item (e.g. membership fees, loans, or interest). (Book)
October 2008
- Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality, Phase III
  The Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality (WEDGE) project (2008-2011) promotes women’s entrepreneurship and support women entrepreneurs to create decent employment, achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality, and work toward poverty reduction. (Project)
- Business group formation - [pdf 1318 KB]
  13 October 2008 - The Business Group Formation (BGF) manual was developed with a view to help promote business group formation as a way to empower women and men in low-income communities by giving them more voice and improving their businesses in order to enhance their livelihoods. ... (Book)
May 2008
- Bangkok
  GET Ahead for women in enterprise training package and resource kit - [pdf 3485 KB]
  01 May 2008 - The training package Gender and Entrepreneurship Together - GET Ahead for Women in Enterprise - targets women in poverty who want to start or are already engaged in small-scale business. ... (Book)
January 2007
- Bangkok
  Managing small business associatons: readers' manual - [pdf 2172 KB]
  01 January 2007 - This training package contains a bilingual Reader handbook for association managers and a bilingual Trainer’s Manual that are easy to use for developing or improving a business association. ... (Book)
- Bangkok
  Managing small business associatons: trainers' manual - [pdf 2315 KB]
  01 January 2007 - This training package contains a bilingual Reader handbook for association managers and a bilingual Trainer’s Manual that are easy to use for developing or improving a business association. ... (Book)