Lao economic monitor - Challenges in promoting more inclusive growth and shared prosperity : thematic section - drivers of poverty reduction in Lao PDR (English)

The Lao economy is estimated to have expanded by around 7 percent in 2015, a slight moderation from 7.5 percent in 2014. Similar to the last decade, the resource sectors (hydropower and extractives) continued to make an important contribution to growth. Power generation got a boost from the commissioning of the first two blocks of the 1,878 MW Hongsa lignite power plant and an additional 250-300 MW of installed capacity in the hydro sector. Furthermore...
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  • Najdov,Evgenij;
    Phimmahasay,Keomanivone;

  • 2016/05/01

  • Working Paper

  • AUS17628

  • 1

  • 1

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic,

  • East Asia and Pacific,

  • 2016/06/23

  • Disclosed

  • Lao economic monitor - Challenges in promoting more inclusive growth and shared prosperity : thematic section - drivers of poverty reduction in Lao PDR

  • regional and global value chains

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Najdov,Evgenij; Phimmahasay,Keomanivone.

Lao economic monitor - Challenges in promoting more inclusive growth and shared prosperity : thematic section - drivers of poverty reduction in Lao PDR (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515521468197368035

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