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Lao PDR: Restore Economic Stability, Enhance Inclusion, and Build Resilience
Critical near-term challenges for Lao PDR include restoring macroeconomic stability, improving economic inclusion, and protecting its people against environmental and economic shocks, according to...
As Impacts of COVID-19 Recede, Lao PDR Faces New Challenges
While the negative impacts of COVID-19 appear to be receding, households in the Lao PDR are facing new and emerging challenges, some as aftershocks...
New Economic Corridor Project to Boost Regional Trade and Growth through Lao PDR
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the $132 million Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project, which will improve climate...
Lao PDR: Economic Recovery Challenged by Debt and Rising Prices
While sectors of the Lao economy are beginning to recover from the slowdown caused by COVID-19, the country faces stiff challenges associated with long-standing...
Plastic Waste Causing Serious Environmental, Health and Economic Impacts in Lao PDR
Economic growth and changing lifestyles in the Lao PDR over the past 20 years mean that people are now generating twice as much household...
Are There Any Consequences to China’s Growing Unpopularity in Southeast Asia?
As China grows, so too does its ambition to regain its historical status as the hegemon of Asia. It employs economic coercion, territorial expansion,...
Laos Prime Minister visit to Vietnam
Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh along with a high-ranking delegation visited Vietnam from January 8 -10 to strengthen ties with its neighbour country. The...
More Funding for Business and Trade to Help Lao PDR Recover from Pandemic
The World Bank and the Government of Lao PDR have agreed to scale up a Competitiveness and Trade Project that will improve the ability...
Meeting of party general secretaries and top leaders of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
The party general secretaries of Laos, and Vietnam and Prime Minister of Cambodia, met in Hanoi on September 26th to intensify cooperation in various sectors to promote economic development, peace, and...
How Lao PDR Can Connect Health, Environment, and Economic Recovery
To mark the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, the World Bank is publishing a Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao PDR,...