The objective of the study proposes new strategies and concrete action plans of Korea's assistance, looking at the Official Development Assistance(ODA) status of the major donor countries and international organizations for Lao Human Resource Development(HRD), most important area for socio-economic of Laos, which is least developed country.
The study describes Laos strategies in the national development goals to find out the HRD demand. The analysis of the study includes not only the Government of Laos' own goals but also Lao socio-economic status and trends to get an accurate demand for HRD assistance, prioritizing the relatively weak and urgent field in local circumstances. It provides Laos socio-economic indicators and objective statistics relevant with HRD status. It explains that Lao HRD development has suffered from the imbalance of regional, ethnic, gender in addition to Lao governance issues.
This study also reviews ODA strategies and action plans of major donor countries and the international organizations in the field of Laos' HRD. The World Bank(WB) and the Asian Development Bank(ADB) have presented detailed goals for the targeted area and specific assessment methods, emphasizing the continuity and linkages between ODA programs. And these organizations have also stressed the partnership with other donor countries in the field of Lao HRD. Japan has set the strategic area for promoting the effectiveness of ODA by emphasizing the linkages between their HRD projects in Laos. And Japan has dispatched a training personnel dedicating to HRD in Laos and also supported to establish a permanent institution for the field of Lao higher education development. Australia has made mid to long-term strategies for Lao HRD and the annual report for the evaluation and inspection of the strategies. Australia has also focused on the support of Lao local and overseas scholarship for the higher education that it may maximize the effect within a small development assistance budget.
Korea has been a key partner in Laos' development over last 20 years, scale of Korea's ODA to Laos has ever increasing, the greatest proportion of it has been provided for Lao HRD. By far Korea's existing programs has been obvious somewhat for improving Laos HRD infrastructure. However, without a strategic approach and long-term planning, these programs have been shown to undermine its effects.
The study recommends within a limited budget Korea's ODA for Lao HRD is required new strategies as followings in order to maximize the effectiveness. At first, Korea's ODA for HRD should be concentrate on a specific region, sector, support measures in Laos. Thus, it is necessary for Korea's ODA to focus all of efforts, selecting the most underdeveloped and isolated area particularly in poor educational circumstance.
Secondly the dispatching of educational advisor and the establishment of permanent institution in Laos should be actively examined to enhance consistency and continuity in the program of Korea ODA.

국문요약 

제1장 서 론 
1. 연구의 목적 
2. 연구 내용 및 방법 

제2장 라오스 인적자원개발 환경 및 정책 
1. 라오스 HRD 환경 
2. 라오스 국가 HRD 정책 

제3장 대라오스 인적자원개발 ODA 현황 및 비교분석 
1. 국제기구 인적자원개발 ODA 현황 
2. 개별국가 인적자원개발 ODA 현황 
3. 국제기구 및 국가 인적자원개발 ODA 비교분석 

제4장 한국의 대라오스 인적자원개발 ODA 평가 
1. 한국의 대라오스 ODA 현황 
2. 한국의 인적자원개발 ODA 평가 

제5장 한국의 대라오스 인적자원개발 ODA 전략 
1. 전략 분야의 선택과 집중 
2. 한국의 인적자원개발 ODA 실행방안 

제6장 결 론 

참고문헌 

부  록 

Executive Summary