The institution-building context in Lao PDR
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Authors
Barma, Naazneen H.
Oksen, Stephanie Robert
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2014
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en_US
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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is a small, landlocked, geographically diverse country, populated sparsely with 6.5 million multiethnic peoples. Lao PDR is one of the poorest countries in the East Asia and the Pacific region, but it has enjoyed more than two decades of rapid economic development. The country’s overall level of institutional capacity has risen steadily over the past 20 years - in tandem with growth and as a result of a concerted program of economic and administrative reforms. This brief introduction contextualizes the political economy environment and imperatives that have enabled and shaped two particular cases of successful institutional development in Lao PDR - the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) in the roads sector and Électricité du Laos (EDL) in the power sector.
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Book Chapter
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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10 p.
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N.H. Barma, S.R. Oksen, "The institution-building context in Lao PDR," Book chapter (4) in Institutions Taking Root, (2014), pp. 109-118
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.