East Asia Update ? November 2006
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Lao PDR: Key Indicators |
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2005 /e |
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2007 /p |
2008 /p |
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2010 /p |
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| Output, Employment and
Prices |
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| GDP (% change previous
year) |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
9.0 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
| Industrial production
index (1993=100) |
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| (% change, previous year) |
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| Unemployment rate (%) |
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| Real wage growth (%) |
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| Consumer price index (%
change, previous year) |
10.6 |
7.5 |
10.6 |
15.5 |
10.5 |
7.2 |
6.8 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
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| Public Sector 1/ |
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| Government balance, after
grants (% GDP) |
-4.6 |
-4.4 |
-4.0 |
-5.7 |
-3.4 |
-3.3 |
-1.2 |
-2.0 |
-2.0 |
-2.5 |
-2.5 |
| Domestic public sector
debt (% GDP) |
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| Foreign Trade, BOP and
External Debt |
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| Trade balance (US$ million) |
-375.7 |
-288.0 |
-263.0 |
-244.0 |
-478.0 |
-553 |
-382 |
-939 |
-1057 |
-840 |
-525 |
| Exports of goods (US$
million) |
344.8 |
362.0 |
370.0 |
450.1 |
499.6 |
656 |
990 |
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1010 |
1272 |
1555 |
| (% change, previous year) |
0.8 |
5.0 |
2.2 |
21.7 |
11.0 |
31 |
51 |
-5 |
8 |
26 |
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| Key Export (% change,
previous year) |
21.4 |
6.8 |
1.7 |
22.1 |
10.8 |
33 |
55 |
-6 |
8 |
28 |
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| Imports of goods (US$
million) |
717.8 |
650.0 |
633.0 |
693.7 |
977.2 |
1,210 |
1,373 |
1,879 |
2,068 |
2,113 |
2,080 |
| (% change, previous year) |
29.6 |
-9.4 |
-2.6 |
9.6 |
40.9 |
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13 |
37 |
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| Current account balance
(US$ million) |
-183.3 |
-145.9 |
-131.3 |
-174.6 |
-357.9 |
-573 |
-494 |
-1,008 |
-1,144 |
-824 |
-530 |
| (% GDP) |
-10.5 |
-8.3 |
-7.2 |
-8.2 |
-14.3 |
-20 |
-14 |
-25 |
-26 |
-17 |
-10 |
| Foreign direct investment
(US$ million) |
31.0 |
24.0 |
60.0 |
42.0 |
234.1 |
349 |
303 |
785 |
855 |
742 |
460 |
| Total external debt
(million US$ million) |
1447.0 |
1458.0 |
1614.0 |
2171.0 |
2530.0 |
2910 |
3179 |
3428 |
3652 |
3788 |
3802 |
| (% GDP) |
83.2 |
82.7 |
88.8 |
101.6 |
101.2 |
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90 |
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79 |
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| Short-term debt (US$
million) |
107.4 |
126.5 |
150.6 |
71.9 |
95.3 |
109 |
119 |
128 |
136 |
141 |
142 |
| Debt service ratio (%
exports of g&s) |
15.6 |
15.7 |
14.0 |
15.1 |
17.4 |
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19 |
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18 |
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| Reserves, excluding gold
($US million) |
127.0 |
134.0 |
196.0 |
215.5 |
227.5 |
238 |
290 |
325 |
355 |
385 |
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| (months of imports of goods and
services) 2/ |
2.6 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
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| Financial Markets |
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| Domestic credit (% change, previous year) |
37.7 |
69.3 |
-48.0 |
10.5 |
20.6 |
18.8 |
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| Short-term interest rate 3/ |
29.9 |
22.7 |
21.4 |
24.9 |
16.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
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| Exchange rate (period everage) |
7,857 |
8,913 |
10,115 |
10,572 |
10,613 |
10,636 |
10,056 |
10,125 |
10,430 |
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| Exchange rate (end-period) |
8,140 |
9,490 |
10,680 |
10,467 |
10,377 |
10,768 |
9,655 |
10,045 |
10,451 |
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| Real effective exchange
rate (2000=100 and + = appn) |
100.0 |
100.5 |
94.4 |
97.1 |
100.4 |
102.8 |
111.1 |
113.1 |
113.1 |
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| Stock market index
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| Memo: GDP (US$ million) |
1,740.0 |
1,762.0 |
1,818.1 |
2,137.6 |
2,500.7 |
2,885 |
3,524 |
3,954 |
4,394 |
4,804 |
5,276 |
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