Improving the Garment Sector in Lao PDR: Compliance through inspection and dialogue

Together with a component that will support firms to build their skills and experience so as to become more competitive internationally, the Labour standards and manufacturing productivity component (Component B2) will build on activities in the garment sector implemented under TDF-1, and will aim at improving productivity, competitiveness and labour standards focusing mainly on the garment manufacturing sector, where a majority of workers are female. The main challenges that the Project will address, described in Section 2, are three fold: (i) Improving compliance of both domestic and export-oriented garment factories with labour laws and basic international standards; (ii) Improving working conditions for those factories which actively participate in the project, and thus improving workers’ satisfaction and reducing turnover; (iii) Improving productivity of the factories and of the workforce. A. Improving the machinery of the labour administration to effectively provide services to workers and employers, specifically overseeing the application of labour laws and international fundamental standards; providing advice to workers and employers on how to best comply with labour standards, and improving the administrative mechanism and capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts. B. The Project will promote awareness of workers and employers of their rights and obligations and understanding on how best to achieve compliance

Project symbol

LAO/13/01/IDA

Admin unit

CO-Bangkok

Start date

15/08/2014

End date

31/08/2017

Total allocation

1350000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1202223

Development Partners

World Bank, International Development Association

Country/Countries

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Outcomes

Promoting workplace compliance through labour inspection