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On the Edge of Stability: Lao PDR and Cambodia’s Different Pathsand ASEAN Implications

Reassessing Lao PDR’s External Sector Stability in 2022 through the Lens of the Monetary Survey February 2022

Executive Summary: Growth in 2020 will be flat, while, in the medium to longer term, growth should rebound to its potential rate of 5.0-6.0% p.a.

Over the past few years, Chinese players have been investing in cash crops and basic processing facilities in countries in the region, including Cambodia (rubber, acacia, cassava and sugarcane), Lao PDR (rubber, sugarcane, corn for animal feed, bananas, cassava, teak and eucalyptus, with most investments being made in the north of the country in areas close to the Chinese border) and Myanmar (rubber, cassava, sugarcane, bananas and watermelons). Source: Chinese Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Investment, Aid and Trade in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Meanwhile, the volume of exports in 2025-2026 is expected to increase, primarily due to growing demand for cassava chips from China to compensate for dwindling corn stocks,

Regional Economic and Policy Developments in May

Regional Economic and Policy Developments in April

Regional Economic and Policy Developments in March

Regional Economic and Policy Developments in February

ASEAN economy would contract more-than-expected as extended COVID-19 impact will derail regional recovery

Total remittances are expected to drop by between 9.9% and 18.6% from baseline in 2018