Acknowledgements

This report is the product of a technical collaboration between the Lao Statistics Bureau and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

From the Lao Statistics Bureau, Phetsamone Sone, Thirakha Chanthalanouvong, Vilaysook Sisoulath, Phetsavanh Boutlasy and Samta Sacktikun contributed to the data acquisition, analysis, and write-up. The technical assistance, analysis and writing was supported by the following UNFPA colleagues: Romesh Silva, Soumaya Taibi, Emmanuel Souza, Kambiz Kabiri, Alex Sila, Phonexay Sithirajvongsa, under the overall leadership and guidance of Mariam A. Khan.

Both Lao Statistics Bureau and UNFPA are grateful to productive collaborations with the CRVS regional program for the Asia Pacific convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific during joint CRVS technical workshops.

This report was professionally edited by Prepress Projects. Publication design and layout services were provided by REC. Coordination with professional editors and designers was managed by Etienne Leue.

This technical report was possible due to the generous support to the UNFPA Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems by the International Development Research Centre (Canada).