Asian Development Bank and the Lao PDR: Fact Sheet

The Lao PDR aims to promote quality, sustainable, inclusive, and green growth in the context of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and to graduate from least developed country status in 2026.

Under the current Country Partnership Strategy, ADB operations focus on improving physical connectivity to catalyze private sector investment, generate employment, and boost incomes; developing skills that will promote non- resource sectors such as tourism and logistics; and expanding access to health services to enhance labor productivity.   

Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information.

First published in ADB.org.