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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Report on National Accounts Statistics Mission

January 10, 2019

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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Report on National Accounts Statistics Mission, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

A technical assistance mission was conducted during July 2–13, 2018 to support measurement of Lao PDR’s national accounts statistics. The mission assisted with the development of a quarterly GDP time series, reviewed the published annual GDP time series, and developed recommendations to continue improving national accounts statistics compiled by the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB). The mission built upon previous national accounts statistics missions conducted in April 2017 and January 2018.

Subject: Consumption, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Mining sector, National accounts, Transportation

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Consumption, Consumption expenditure, CR, Economic statistics, GDP base period, GDP base year, GDP benchmark, GDP compilation, GDP time series, Intermediate consumption, ISCR, Lao PDR authority, LSB website, Mining sector, PDR, Price output, Quarter 4, Quarterly survey, Time series, Transportation, Value

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    21

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2019/006

  • Stock No:

    1LAOEA2019001

  • ISBN:

    9781484393277

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685