Editing Laos (section)

=== Water supply ===
{{Main|Water supply and sanitation in Laos}}
According to the [[World Bank]] data conducted in 2014, Laos has met the [[Millennium Development Goals|Millennium Development Goal]] (MDG) targets on water and sanitation regarding the UNICEF/WHO Joint Monitoring Programme. As of 2018, there are approximately 1.9&nbsp;million of Lao's population who could not access an improved water supply and 2.4&nbsp;million people without access to improved sanitation.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295731467999376153/pdf/100892-WSP-P131116-AUTHOR-Susanna-Smets-Box393244B-PUBLIC-WSP-SERIES-WSP-LaoPDR-WSS-Turning-Finance-into-Service-for-the-Future.pdf|title=Water Supply and Sanitation in Lao PDR|website=worldbank.org|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820000057/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295731467999376153/pdf/100892-WSP-P131116-AUTHOR-Susanna-Smets-Box393244B-PUBLIC-WSP-SERIES-WSP-LaoPDR-WSS-Turning-Finance-into-Service-for-the-Future.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Laos has made progress increasing access to [[sanitation]].<ref name="ODI1">{{Cite web |title=Lao PDR's progress in rural sanitation {{!}} Development Progress |url=http://www.developmentprogress.org/progress-stories/lao-pdrs-progress-rural-sanitation |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130915164756/http://www.developmentprogress.org/progress-stories/lao-pdrs-progress-rural-sanitation |archive-date=2013-09-15 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.developmentprogress.org |language=en}}</ref> In 1990 8% of the rural population had access to improved sanitation.<ref name="ODI1"/> Access rose from 10% in 1995 to 38% in 2008. Between 1995 and 2008, approximately 1,232,900 more people had access to improved sanitation in rural areas.<ref name="ODI1"/> The authorities in Laos have developed an innovative regulatory framework for public–private partnership contracts signed with enterprises, in parallel with more conventional regulation of state-owned water enterprises.<ref>{{cite web|author=Laponche, Bernard|display-authors=etal|year=2008|title=Focales n° 8. Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of Buildings – Challenges and Methods|url=http://www.afd.fr/lang/en/home/publications/travaux-de-recherche/publications-scientifiques/focales|access-date=17 February 2011|publisher=afd.fr|format=PDF|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809195444/http://www.afd.fr/lang/en/home/publications/travaux-de-recherche/publications-scientifiques/focales|url-status=live}}</ref>