2023. Better but not great for Laos.

Read a good article on the Asia Times website today.


University of Tokyo professor and former Lao govt adviser, Toshiro Nishizawa, writes that the Lao economy will not be back on track, but the worst will be over.


Figures from the World Bank state that Lao economic growth rates in the 2010's were in excess of 6% - 8%, but 2023 is likely to be 2.5%, the same as 2022.


The full article makes for good reading.