IMPACT OF BORDER TRADE IN LOCAL LIVELIHOODS : Lao-Chinese Border Trade in Luang Namtha & Oudomxay Provinces

A background paper for National Development Report of UN in 2006. Besides positive effects, the paper raised migration, single crop reliance, uncertainty of expected income, smuggling and environment impacts as concerns for border trade in Northern Laos. Downloadable at http://www.nsc.gov.la/Products/NHDR%202006/Technical%20Background%20Papers%20in%20English/CBT_NHDR.pdf.

LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE FACILITATION IN LAO PDR

Very informative report on issues as in the topic.

http://www.bus.tu.ac.th/usr/ruth/file/Lao-World%20Bank.pdf

LAOS IN THE ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA: TRADE,REVENUE AND INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS

This article examines the likely impact of AFTA membership on Laos’s trade,
government revenue and foreign investment flows. It founded that the membership would basically make Laos better off. The paper can be downloaded at
http://dspace-dev.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1030.58/11253/2/pep-276.pdf