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Economic growth in Lao PDR is projected to rebound to 6.5 percent in 2019, up from 6.3 percent in 2018. This pick up is expected to be driven by growth of the construction secto...

Rice is Lao PDR's biggest agricultural commodity in terms of farmers involved in production, cropland area allocated, and food consumption. Rice also generates important economi...

Sixteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2019 covers 11 areas of business regulation. Ten of these areas - starti...

This policy note provides an overview of government health financing in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR), with an added focus on health center financing. The note summa...

The webpage provides an overview of the safety, health, and wellbeing of workers in Lao PDR.

The World Bank Group conducted face-to-face interviews with top managers and business owners of 368 enterprises in Lao PDR from January 2016 through June 2016. The Enterprise Su...

Redefining Health through Cleaner Energy Solutions. In the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic household air pollution from the incomplete combustion of solid fuels is the top healt...

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has a comparative advantage in natural capital, which has fueled economic growth averaging around 8 percent per annum since 2000. The ...

This Progress Report aims to capture the situation of the Lao PDR with regard to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals since 1990 up to the present time (2013),...

This paper is a briefing on Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the Lao PDR, 2010-2014.

This article tells stories on the durable and cost-intensive activities of UXO clearance in Laos [Lao PDR].

Regime shifts—rapid long-term transitions between stable states—are well documented in ecology but remain controversial and understudied in land use and land cover change (LUCC)...

Is it possible for Myanmar to take a path to sustainable development that would avoid the pitfalls of the orthodox development paradigm? This report argues that this is not only...

The forests of Myanmar are defined by their monetary value and have been part of the military and economic elites’ profits and, in some cases, survival for decades. The entire l...

Myanmar has been endowed with extensive areas of some of the most valuable timber bearing forests in the world. But in Myanmar’s recent history they have been more of a curse ...

This report analyses Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions. It assesse...

The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report (APTIR) is a recurrent publication prepared by the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of the United Nations Economic and Soci...

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 reviews progress made towards the 17 Goals in the second year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The...

This comprehensive ten year National Strategic Plan targets the key areas that affect women’s lives, and indicates practical ways to address the issues that Myanmar women are ...

The Foreign Aid Implementation Report (FAIR) analyzes Official Development Assistance (ODA) by Development Partners to Lao PDR in the fiscal year of 2015/16. Continuous monitori...