May 15, 2025
This working paper explores Lao PDR’s remarkable goods export growth from 2010 to 2021 despite its geographical disadvantages as a landlocked country.
April 15, 2025
The ASEAN+3 region maintained stable growth of 4.3 percent in 2024 despite various uncertainties and is positioned to remain resilient.
December 10, 2024
Lao PDR’s economic growth is estimated to have picked up to 4.5 percent in 2024 from 4.2 percent in 2023.
December 10, 2024
Lao PDR is projected to sustain moderate growth of 4.6 percent in 2025. However, significant challenges, including kip depreciation and persistent high inflation, are hampering its growth prospects.
July 12, 2024
Lao PDR’s economic growth is projected to pick up to 4.5 percent in 2024 from 4.2 percent in 2023.
May 31, 2024
AMRO organised a technical training seminar on the IFRS 9 accountancy standard for the Bank of Lao, PDR
December 20, 2023
The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) has long set its sights on modernizing the Laos banking sector.
December 13, 2023
Lao PDR has exported electricity to neighboring economies, earning the title of the “Battery of Southeast Asia” in recent years. However, the construction of power plants has resulted in higher external debt, putting pressure on the economy’s macro-financial stability.
November 9, 2023
Lao PDR’s economic growth is projected to accelerate to 4.8 percent in 2023 from 4.4 percent in 2022, bolstered by the service sector.
November 9, 2023
The Lao PDR’s economy is expected to maintain its recovery from the COVID-19-pandemic in 2023. However, currency depreciation and surging inflation are challenges to sustaining the economic recovery.
