Laos Dilemmas And Options

Download or read book Laos' Dilemmas and Options written by Mya Than and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume identify the major economic issues of the New Economic Mechanism concerning the restructuring of the economy, the role of the state and economic management, financial restructuring, the new directions in agricultural and industrial development, and the challenges arising from the opening up of the economy to the stimuli of external trade and inflow of foreign direct investment. An economic analysis of human resource development with special emphasis on education, and an evaluation of Laos' environmental issues are also included.