More: Laos
Lao PDR: New Financing to Improve Access to Health and Nutrition Services
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today
approved US$23 million for Lao PDR under the Health and Nutrition Services
Access Project (HANSA). The project aims...
Lao PDR: Additional World Bank Financing for Sustainable Forest Management
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$5 million
in additional financing to the Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest
Management Project, which will help the...
Maintaining Economic Stability in Lao PDR
Economic growth in Lao PDR is projected to
rebound to 6.5 percent in 2019, up from 6.3 percent in 2018. Growth is expected
to be driven...
Joining forces for sustainable development
Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s development story is one of a nation
with its sights firmly set on building a prosperous future in concert with the
broader...
Macroeconomic Stability in Lao PDR Amidst Uncertainty
Economic growth in Lao PDR is estimated at 6.5 percent in 2018, down from 6.9 percent in 2017, in part due to the adverse...
What are the causes of the current calamity in Laos? An Interview with Dr. Lia Genovese
The Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower project is financed by companies from South Korea (SK Engineering and Korea Western Power), Thailand’s Ratchaburi Electricity Generating...
Securing the future prosperity of the Greater Mekong Subregion
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have made stunning progress over the past quarter century. Once plagued by poverty, they are now economic success...