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Business, Commerce, Economy : Laos

This pathfinder includes information about business, commerce, and economy in Laos.

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Asian Development Bank  (http://www.adb.org/About/default.asp)
The Asian Development Bank website. In English. Includes a page on Laos.

Country at-a-Glance: Lao PDR  (http://www.worldbank.org/la)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups' advice, initiatives and warnings concerning them. This page is for Laos.

LaoCity.com - A Lao Community Websites Lao Search Pages  (http://www.laocity.com/)
Search engine for Laos with a database of Lao names and business listings.

Laos: US - ASEAN.org  (http://www.us-asean.org/laos.asp)
Laos and ASEAN business information, news, market research, and updates on economic trends and doing business in Laos and ASEAN.

Memorial Library, UW-Madison.  (http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SEAsia/internet/Laos.html)
Comprehensive site on Laos which includes current events and news, general information, government, economics and politics, and language and culture.

U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics Division: U.S. Trade Balance with Laos  (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5530.html)
The Foreign Trade Statistics Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, based in Washington, D.C., presents statistics relating to trade between the United States and Laos from January 1985 to the present month. The division provides tables that list the exports, imports, and balance of U.S. trade with Laos for individual months of each year. Guidelines for reading the tables are available.

USATrade.gov - Country Commercial Guide for Laos  (http://www.usatrade.gov/website/ccg.nsf/ShowCCG?OpenForm&Country=LAOS)
Commercial Guide for Laos prepared annually by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Laos  (http://www.usaid.gov/regions/ane/newpages/one%5Fpagers/laos01a.htm)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presents a fact sheet that focuses on its economic and humanitarian assistance programs in Laos. This fact sheet is part of a series of fact sheets concerning Asia and the Near East. USAID includes background information, a description of various program objectives, and highlights of program accomplishments, as well as a table summarizing actual budget expenditures for 1999. Links to news sources and other related sites are provided.

Welcome to Laos National Chamber of Commerce and Industry  (http://www.lncci.laotel.com/)
The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an organization connecting the state with private entreprises and business groups. The web site includes business information on investment, insurance and mining, handicrafts, textiles, petroleum, and export-import business. In Lao and English.

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