Lao People's Democratic Republic

Download or read book Lao People's Democratic Republic written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2000-01-31 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses major developments in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and updates the statistical tables on recent economic developments and provides an overview of the real sector. Factors that have limited revenue collections and developments in the monetary and financial sectors have been presented. The paper discusses the weakness of monetary policy as well as the financial sector and recent efforts to reform the banking system. Foreign direct investment and foreign exchange regime in Lao PDR have been examined.