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Highligths: Area planted with cereals in 2024/25 is estimated to be 2.9 percent below the previous five-year average, due to below-average rainfall amounts at planting time, farmers'...

Highlights: Food price inflation in the Lao PDR has surged since mid-2022, outpacing global and regional trends Domestic food prices are influenced by a combination of external...

Food price inflation has raised concerns about food insecurity and systemic crises in East and Southeast Asia, given the region’s population size, economic significance...

Highlights: Part A of the report presents recent economic developments and outlook, alongside with policy options to address the situation. Part B on the report analyses the impacts of macroeconomic...

While the negative impacts of COVID-19 appear to be receding, households in the Lao PDR are facing new and emerging challenges, some as aftershocks of the pandemic, according to the latest...

Highlight Recent food price increases in the region, reinforced by food and fuel price rises related to the war in Ukraine could threaten expected progress in poverty reduction...

The COVID-19 outbreak has intensified the growth slowdown, plunging Lao PDR’s economy into its first recession since the Asian financial crisis in 1998. The World Bank estimates...