老挝改革开放后经济发展新趋势

The New Economic Trends of Laos since Reform and Open

老挝是一个贫困的内陆国家,其经济发展指标在亚洲30个国家中名列第26位,在联合国社会经济发展指标中排行第133位,但本世纪以来,GDP持续保持在6～7%的速度增长,经济改革成效显著,为其实现在2020年摆脱贫困国家的目标奠定了良好的基础。在简略描述老挝人民民主共和国的社会经济基本特征的基础上,分析了在老挝获得较快发展的过程中,其经济结构正在从农业经济转向农业、工业经济并举的阶段,并提出老挝的持续稳定发展将面临消灭贫困、持续增长的国外投资与周边国家经济发展的挑战。

The Lao People＇s Democratic Republic is a small mountain landlocked country. With GDP growth rate accelerated to 7.3% in 2006, to average 6.5% over the past 5 years,and the inflation eased to the lowest rate of 6.5% in the last 12 year,Lao has become one of the economic robust country in the world. While the actual share of agriculture GDP continues to decrease,agriculture still accounts for about half of GDP and over 80% population relay agriculture for their daily live. The sale of hydroelectric power,which generated 3674mK- Wh,makes up nearly one-third of the country＇s export,followed closely by gar- ments,tourism has opened to foreigners since the economic reform in 1988y and more than one million persons visited the country in 2005. The economic chal- lenges will be poverty eradication,rising foreign direct investment and the e- conomic and police stability both in the country and her neighbour countries.