Publication: FY 2024 Lao PDR Country Opinion Survey Report
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2025-01-27
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2025-01-27
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The Country Opinion Survey in Laos People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Laos PDR perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Laos PDR on: (1) their views regarding the general environment in Laos PDR; (2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in Laos PDR; (3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness and results, knowledge work and activities, and communication and information sharing in Laos PDR; and (4) their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Laos PDR.
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“World Bank. 2025. FY 2024 Lao PDR Country Opinion Survey Report. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/42727 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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