This page contains profile of each SEZ in Laos, including investors, location, industry, etc.

This report aims to provide an overall situation of the infrastructure development in Lao PDR through a review of the infrastructure development process in the country. The paper also discusses some important issues relating to infrastructure development in Lao PDR, including poverty reduction and logistic issue. It concludes with some considerations and policy recommendations for the development of infrastructure in general.

This dataset, created by ODM, aggregates data from various sources to build out data relating to SDG indicators of interest for the Lower Mekong Region. It is updated on a regular basis. See also the following resources: - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg3-c-1-health-worker-density-by-type-of-occupation-per-10-000-population-for-lmcs - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-3-8-2-proportion-of-population-with-large-household-expenditures-on-health-at-10-of-household-t - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-8-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-12-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-4-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-10-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-5-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-1-available-data - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-9-dataset - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-2-available-data - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/population-and-proportion-in-urban-slums-lmcs-sdg11-1-1 - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/data-on-sdg-7-tier-i-indicators-lmcs-only-all-custodian-agencies - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/wash-dataset-1990-215 - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/proportion-of-urban-population-living-in-slums - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/population-density-from-1995-to-2013-thailand-myanmar-laos-vietnam-and-cambodia - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-index-dashboards-report - https://data.opendevelopmentmekong.net/dataset/sdg-indicator-15-1-1-forest-area-as-a-proportion-of-total-land-area?type=dataset

When Barack Obama traveled to Cuba in March, he became the first U.S. president in almost 90 years to set foot on the island nation.

This report assesses the transformation toward democracy and a market economy as well as the quality of political management in Laos. The report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 on 129 countries. It covers the period from 31 January 2011 to 31 January 2013.

This press release is about the US $25 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Lao PDR strengthen its road maintenance systems and improve road connectivity throughout the country.

This page displays the video and information on traditional products from women of ethnic groups in Laos.

Laos often referred to as the Battery of Southeast Asia is one of the smallest nations in ASEAN. The countrys total population is less than ten million. Laos is strategically located between China and its economically more advanced ASEAN neighbors Vietnam and Thailand. In recent years, the countrys energy sector has experienced massive investments largely due to the countrys natural hydropower resources.

The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is facing significant challenges in addressing environmental issues in the rapidly growing mining sector. This report gives an overview of the mining sector in Lao PDR and some of the environmental challenges it presents for the Lao government.

A geospatial dataset describing SEZ and CBEZ of Laos.

This webpage provides information on the minimum wage in Laos, how it compares to that of other countries, and other facts and statistics about the country.

The report is about the Laos 7th national socio-economic development plan (2011-2015). The aims are to achieve sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty (and inequality), and guide the country graduating from its Least Developed Country status by 2020. For achieving this, it targets an annual economic growth of at least 8%, and proposes broad-basing the growth process: diversify and deepen economic activities; significantly scale-up human capital; improve labour productivity; and promote inclusion of especially women, ethnic groups and more remote areas. The plan underscores the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), protecting the environment, maintaining political stability and peace, having an open economy integrated into the regional (ASEAN community) and world economy, and focusing on the quality of growth. The report cover the opportunity and challenges of socio-economic development in 2011-2015 as well as the strategic direction of the national plan. The Implementation Mechanism for the National Socio‐Economic Development Plan for the period of 2011-2015 are also included.

The Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas (Aqueduct) is a robust communication tool that represents water-related risk through hydrological indicators. The framework comprises of 12 indicators that were developed to aid decision makers in responding to the growing concerns around water issues and climate change. The entire dataset represents a global view and have been presented here as is with all available attributes for Laos.

Transboundary roads declared GMS transport corridors (existing, planned and potential)

This dataset displays under indicators of poverty, namely density, % urban population, poverty headcount, poverty gap, poverty severity, access to sanitation, water, electricity, telephone of Laos at district administrative level. This data is based on population and housing census 2015.

In May 2007 Laos’ Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced a moratorium on the granting of new land concessions in order to give government time to review the existing policies and improve perceived weaknesses.

This Constitution is the fruit of the process of the people's discussions throughout the country. It reflects the long-standing aspirations and strong determination of the national community to strive together to fulfil the objective of building Laos into a country of peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity.

This paper aims to provide policy makers with an analysis of information recently gathered in Laos concerning land concessions, hoping to assist them in their decision making.

This study is the first attempt to provide background information on the bamboo sector in Laos in general, and in Houaphan and Xiengkhouang Province in particular. Furthermore we try to analyse the socio-demographic profile of the host communities in the study area as well as analyze different income sector including bamboo sector of farm household in the study area.

Lao PDR Crops Statistics 2017, aggregated by province (admin level 1)