The World Bank report on Lao PDR highlights persistently high child stunting rates driven by poor diets, inadequate ...

The World Bank In Lao PDR . Economic instability and challenges in social services are threatening the gains Laos has made in poverty eradication, education, nutritional status, and other key human ...

The World Bank urged Laos to take immediate steps to stabilise the national economy. With public debt exceeding 100 percent of GDP and a decline in revenue collection, the country confronts ...

Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. ... up from 3.7 percent in 2023, but the World Bank projects only a small rise to 4.1 percent in 2025.

The World Bank warned in a report last week that public debt -- over $13 billion, or 108% of gross domestic product ... Alex Kremer, the World Bank Country Manager for Laos, ...

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

The World Bank has approved the second phase of a project to support improving the quality of health and nutrition services in poor and rural areas of Laos.

The World Bank has downgraded its economic projections for Indochina, with Cambodia and Laos expected to struggle, as non-performing loans continue to mount amid falling demand and trade ...

Russia expands military ties with Laos, deepening influence in Southeast Asia amid war in Ukraine—and raising global concerns ...

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting ...

Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising sharply and the World Bank warning that public debt has hit unsustainable levels ...