Lao PDR Economic Monitor : November 2008

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Lao PDR Economic Monitor : November 2008

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-06T21:28:24Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-06T21:28:24Z
dc.date.issued	2008-11
dc.description.abstract	The Lao PDR economy continues to grow, but at a relatively slower pace as the impacts of the global financial turmoil are starting to be felt. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to slow in 2008 to about 7 percent as result of the impacts of the global financial crisis. GDP growth is also projected to slow to between 5 and 6 percent in 2009. However, growth remains fairly strong and still driven by the ongoing hydropower projects as well as agro processing industries, construction and other services. The resource sector contributes over 2 percent and non-resource sectors another 5 percent to the growth rate in 2008. In addition to domestic consumption, medium-term growth will be sensitive to changes in global commodity prices (mainly metals and agriculture) as well as to demand and investment from neighboring countries (especially Thailand, China and Vietnam). It reports on recent economic performance (Part I), progress in the implementation of the Government's policy reform agenda (Part II), and donor activities in the relevant reform areas (Part III).	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/13811
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13811
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Vientiane
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	accounting
dc.subject	amount of money
dc.subject	application forms
dc.subject	Apr
dc.subject	arrears
dc.subject	ATMs
dc.subject	audits
dc.subject	average growth
dc.subject	Balance of Payments
dc.subject	bank accounts
dc.subject	Banking Law
dc.subject	banking regulation
dc.subject	banking sector
dc.subject	banking sector assets
dc.subject	banking sector reform
dc.subject	banking system
dc.subject	borrowing
dc.subject	broad money
dc.subject	budget deficit
dc.subject	budgeting
dc.subject	calculations
dc.subject	capacity building
dc.subject	capacity constraints
dc.subject	capacity enhancement
dc.subject	capital expenditure
dc.subject	Capital Expenditures
dc.subject	capital goods
dc.subject	capital inflows
dc.subject	capital investment
dc.subject	cash flow
dc.subject	cash payment
dc.subject	checks
dc.subject	collateral
dc.subject	collateral registries
dc.subject	Commercial Bank
dc.subject	Commercial Banks
dc.subject	commodities
dc.subject	commodity
dc.subject	commodity price
dc.subject	commodity prices
dc.subject	Consumer
dc.subject	Consumer Goods
dc.subject	consumer price index
dc.subject	consumers
dc.subject	contingency
dc.subject	Contract Law
dc.subject	Contribution
dc.subject	cost recovery
dc.subject	credit constraints
dc.subject	credit culture
dc.subject	credit growth
dc.subject	credit information
dc.subject	credit information bureau
dc.subject	credit unions
dc.subject	credits
dc.subject	currency
dc.subject	currency mismatch
dc.subject	Current account
dc.subject	current account deficit
dc.subject	debt burden
dc.subject	debt ratios
dc.subject	debt service
dc.subject	debt servicing
dc.subject	debt stocks
dc.subject	debt sustainability
dc.subject	debts
dc.subject	decentralization
dc.subject	deeds
dc.subject	deposit
dc.subject	deposits
dc.subject	developing countries
dc.subject	Development Bank
dc.subject	dispute resolution
dc.subject	domestic consumption
dc.subject	domestic market
dc.subject	Economic Development
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subject	equipment
dc.subject	Exchange rate
dc.subject	exchange rates
dc.subject	expenditure
dc.subject	External Debt
dc.subject	external financing
dc.subject	financial crisis
dc.subject	financial information
dc.subject	financial infrastructure
dc.subject	financial institutions
dc.subject	Financial Management
dc.subject	financial services
dc.subject	financial support
dc.subject	Financial Sustainability
dc.subject	fiscal deficit
dc.subject	Fiscal performance
dc.subject	fiscal policy
dc.subject	fiscal position
dc.subject	fiscal sustainability
dc.subject	fiscal years
dc.subject	fixed assets
dc.subject	foreign currencies
dc.subject	foreign direct investment
dc.subject	foreign direct investments
dc.subject	foreign investment
dc.subject	Foreign investments
dc.subject	foreign investors
dc.subject	Future Growth
dc.subject	general public
dc.subject	government debt
dc.subject	government expenditure
dc.subject	Government Expenditures
dc.subject	Government Finance
dc.subject	Government revenue
dc.subject	Government Revenues
dc.subject	Gross Domestic Product
dc.subject	Holding
dc.subject	Human Development
dc.subject	income tax
dc.subject	Inflation
dc.subject	inflation rate
dc.subject	Institutional capacity
dc.subject	instrument
dc.subject	insurance
dc.subject	intellectual property
dc.subject	International banking
dc.subject	International Development
dc.subject	International Finance
dc.subject	international markets
dc.subject	International Trade
dc.subject	investment activities
dc.subject	investment climate
dc.subject	Investment Funds
dc.subject	investment programs
dc.subject	joint venture banks
dc.subject	judicial reform
dc.subject	justice systems
dc.subject	lack of regulation
dc.subject	land parcels
dc.subject	land policy
dc.subject	Land Reform
dc.subject	land title
dc.subject	Land Titling
dc.subject	legal framework
dc.subject	liquidity
dc.subject	liquidity crisis
dc.subject	liquidity problems
dc.subject	liquidity risk
dc.subject	loan
dc.subject	loan applications
dc.subject	loan portfolio
dc.subject	loan portfolios
dc.subject	Low income
dc.subject	macroeconomic performance
dc.subject	macroeconomic policies
dc.subject	market demand
dc.subject	Medical care
dc.subject	micro finance
dc.subject	Microfinance
dc.subject	microfinance institutions
dc.subject	mobile phone
dc.subject	Monetary Fund
dc.subject	monetary policy
dc.subject	money-market
dc.subject	Non-Performing Loan
dc.subject	non-performing loans
dc.subject	NPL
dc.subject	Oil price
dc.subject	oil prices
dc.subject	payment system
dc.subject	poor credit
dc.subject	Present Value
dc.subject	price change
dc.subject	price changes
dc.subject	price movements
dc.subject	private banks
dc.subject	private financing
dc.subject	private investments
dc.subject	private investors
dc.subject	private sector credit
dc.subject	private sector investment
dc.subject	profit margins
dc.subject	property rights
dc.subject	prudential regulations
dc.subject	public debt
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	public finance
dc.subject	public investment
dc.subject	purchases
dc.subject	purchasing power
dc.subject	rapid growth
dc.subject	real costs
dc.subject	Real exchange rates
dc.subject	Recurrent expenditure
dc.subject	recurrent expenditures
dc.subject	registration system
dc.subject	regulatory framework
dc.subject	Reserves
dc.subject	responsibilities
dc.subject	return
dc.subject	revenue assignments
dc.subject	revenue performance
dc.subject	risk management
dc.subject	rule of law
dc.subject	salaries
dc.subject	salary
dc.subject	sales
dc.subject	savings
dc.subject	savings deposits
dc.subject	Settlement
dc.subject	shareholder
dc.subject	stakeholders
dc.subject	state banks
dc.subject	SWAp
dc.subject	tariff system
dc.subject	Tax
dc.subject	tax concessions
dc.subject	tax policy
dc.subject	tax system
dc.subject	tax treatment
dc.subject	telecommunications
dc.subject	telephone lines
dc.subject	time deposits
dc.subject	Total debt
dc.subject	trading
dc.subject	tranche
dc.subject	Transaction
dc.subject	transparency
dc.subject	Treasury
dc.subject	trust fund
dc.subject	underdeveloped financial sector
dc.subject	wage
dc.subject	wages
dc.title	Lao PDR Economic Monitor : November 2008	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2009-01-07
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T11:19:25.978499Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.report	47037
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	Lao People's Democratic Republic
okr.topic	Finance and Financial Sector Development::Debt Markets
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Emerging Markets
okr.topic	Public Sector Development
okr.unit	PREM Sector Department (EASPR)