Humanitarian Funding and Requirements Data for Laos

Laos humanitarian funding flows and requirements data from the UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service. The dataset records funding reported by donors and recipient organizations, mapped against stated humanitarian response plans. It was last updated on March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze funding gaps by comparing reported funding against stated requirements.
• Track donor contributions and funding flows for humanitarian response in Laos.
• Model the impact of funding on specific crises, such as COVID-19.
• Assess the alignment of humanitarian aid with official response plans.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service.
• Encoded in UTF-8, which suggests compatibility with standard text processing.
• Released under the CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, permitting reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Financial Tracking System (FTS)

Collection Method

Data on funding flows as reported by donors and recipient organizations.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 09:59:56.471665; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lao People's Democratic Republic