Improvement of the District Level Local Administration in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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10.2991/978-94-6463-244-6_67How to use a DOI?

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local administration; district-level; improvement; 3-build policy

Abstract

The district is a local administration that links the province and the village. It is directly responsible for protecting the common interests of the people according to the principles of governance, the strength of a particular country, or the strength of a specific state; it is precisely the resilience of the local administration. Due to its importance, this paper aims to study how to improve the local administration at the district level of the Lao PDR. The national strategy that turned into the government’s policy on decentralization or 3-build began to be three points in 2013–2015 in some selected areas in each part of the country and implemented nationwide in 2016; it is a long-term strategy to decentralize in Laos. It is still being implemented, and every 5 years, there will be an evaluation to summarize the lessons learned and find the advantages to develop, the disadvantages to seeking solutions to comply with social and economic development and the overall situation of the country in each period. Data and information from 5 years evaluation report of 3-build policies to analyze the information to determine and find the best practice for decentralization efficiently and effectively. The improvement of the local administration at the district level of the Lao PDR is one of the strategies to decentralize local administration has encountered many challenges.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Khanouthone Phetlasy
AU  - Waiphot Kulachai
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/30
TI  - Improvement of the District Level Local Administration in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Management (INSYMA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 463
EP  - 469
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-244-6_67
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-244-6_67
ID  - Phetlasy2023
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