Addis Ababa Action Agenda
Asian Development Bank
Automatic Exchange of Information
artificial intelligence
ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asia-Pacific Tax Forum
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
base erosion and profit shifting
Bank of the Lao PDR
business process outsourcing
Belt and Road Initiative
Climate Action Data Trust
country-by-country
Chief Executive Officer
controlled foreign company
corporate income tax
Conference of the Parties
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service)
Department of Environment and Stability Statistics
domestic resource mobilisation
Debt Service Suspension Initiative
European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lao PDR
Électricité du Laos
environmental impact assessment
Exchange of Information on Request
European Union
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
foreign direct investment
Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics
gross domestic product
Global Green Growth Institute
gross fixed capital formation
greenhouse gas
geographic information system
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Society for International Cooperation)
Global Anti-Base Erosion
Greater Mekong Subregion
green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked
global value chain
incremental capital output ratio
information and communication technology
International Development Association
issuer default rating
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Finance Corporation
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
international non-governmental organisation
Integrated National Financing Framework
International Organization for Migration
investment promotion agency
Investment Promotion Department
International Standard Classification of Education
internationally transferred mitigation outcome
Cambodia
key performance indicator
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lao kip
least developed countries
lower middle-income country
Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Lao Statistics Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Multi-dimensional Country Review
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Ministry of Planning and Investment
micro, small and medium-sized enterprise
multinational enterprise
measurement, reporting and verification
non-communicable disease
nationally determined contribution
New Economic Mechanism
National Health Insurance
National Socio-Economic Development Plan
National Statistical System
official development assistance
official development finance
Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
out-of-pocket
Public Administration Performance Index
Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
Payments for Environmental Services
public financial management
power purchase agreement
public and publicly guaranteed
public-private partnership
Provincial Competitiveness Index
Power Development Plan
research and development
responsible business conduct
regulatory impact assessment
reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
skills assessment and anticipation
Sustainable Development Goal
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Special Economic Zone
sustainable forest management
small and medium-sized enterprise
state-owned commercial banks
state-owned enterprise
social security contribution
Smooth Transition Strategy
sovereign wealth fund
Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the National Statistical System
tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent eq
total factor productivity
tax increment financing
Turning Land into Capital
township and village enterprise
technical and vocational education and training
United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
United States
United States dollars
value added tax
Vientiane Declaration Country Action Plan
Viet Nam
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization