Green Growth Index and Promotion Project

In Lao PDR, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) oversees the country’s socio-economic development planning. The apex development plan is the five-year central level national socio-economic development plan (NSEDP), of which the ninth edition was approved in 2021, with GGGI’s support. The 9th NSEDP sets out targets related to green growth and green cities. These targets draw on the earlier National Green Growth Strategy (NGGS) which GGGI supported MPI to develop and approve in 2017. GGGI is hosted by MPI in Lao PDR. With these high-level policy and plan in place, MPI’s focus is now on achieving implementation. As the Government of Lao PDR has scaled up its commitment to green growth over the past five years, an improved, operational index is needed.