World Bank2017-08-142017-08-142010-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27765Lao PDR economic growth continues to be strong in 2010, against the backdrop of a fragile global recovery yet dynamic regional demand. Growth is projected at 8.5 percent in 2010, from 7.5 percent in 2009. The resources sector is projected to contribute about 4 percentage points of economic growth, of which electricity, water and gas about 3.2 percentage points. This update reports mainly on recent economic developments and medium-term outlook for the country.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTUREBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBANK OFFICEBANKING SECTORBANKING SYSTEMBENCHMARKBEVERAGESBILLBROAD MONEYCAPITAL INFLOWSCENTRAL BANKCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICESCONSUMER GOODSCONSUMPTION GOODSCOORDINATION FAILURESCORE INFLATIONCOST PUSH INFLATIONCREDIT EXPANSIONCREDIT GROWTHCURRENCYCURRENT ACCOUNTCURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCECURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITDEBTDEBT REPAYMENTSDEFLATIONDEPOSITDEPOSIT RATESDEPOSITSDEPRECIATIONDISBURSEMENTDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC CREDITECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEEQUIPMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONSEXCHANGE RATE POLICYEXCHANGE RATE REGIMEEXCHANGE RATESEXIT STRATEGYEXPENDITUREEXPORT EARNINGSEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORTSEXTERNAL BALANCEFISCAL DEFICITFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGEFOREIGN ASSETSFOREIGN CURRENCIESFOREIGN CURRENCYGOLDGROWTH RATEHOLDINGSIMPORTSINFLATIONINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATE SPREADSINTERNATIONAL RESERVESINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINVESTMENT FLOWSINVESTMENT GOODSINVESTMENT INFLOWSLIQUIDITYLOANLOAN PORTFOLIOSM2MACROECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMIC RISKSMAIZEMAJOR CURRENCIESMEATMIDDLEMENNATIONAL CURRENCYNATURAL RESOURCESNET CAPITALNET DEBTNOMINAL WAGENON-PERFORMING LOANSNPLOUTPUTOUTPUTSPADDYPOLICY RESPONSEPRICE DYNAMICSPRICE STABILITYPRIVATE CREDITPUBLIC SPENDINGREAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATESREAL GDPREPAYMENTRESERVERESERVE FUNDRESERVESRUBBERSLOWDOWNTAXTIME DEPOSITTOTAL CREDITTOTAL DEPOSITSTOTAL EXPORTTOTAL REVENUETRADINGTRADING PARTNERSVALUE ADDEDVEGETABLESWAGESWEAK BANKING SUPERVISIONReportWorld Bank10.1596/27765