A/HRC/41/39/Add.2 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Access to information.................................................................................................................... 5 III. Translating economic growth into poverty reduction .................................................................... 5 A. Economic policy ................................................................................................................... 6 B. Links between land and poverty ........................................................................................... 9 C. Rethinking hydropower ........................................................................................................ 10 Key social protection programmes ................................................................................................ 11 A. Health.................................................................................................................................... 12 B. Education .............................................................................................................................. 12 Challenges and opportunities ........................................................................................................ 13 A. Unexploded ordnance ........................................................................................................... 13 B. Rural poverty ........................................................................................................................ 14 C. Ethnic minority groups ......................................................................................................... 14 D. Gender .................................................................................................................................. 15 E. Children ................................................................................................................................ 16 F. Rule of law............................................................................................................................ 16 VI. Civil society as a partner in development...................................................................................... 17 VII. International community and corporate actors .............................................................................. 18 A. United Nations ...................................................................................................................... 18 B. International financial institutions ........................................................................................ 18 C. Corporate sector .................................................................................................................... 19 Priority recommendations ............................................................................................................. 20 IV. V. VIII. 2