Written by Mekong Institute Lao PDR is a resource-rich country, with many natural resources, including forestry, agricultural land, hydropower and minerals. After a robust economic upward trend with an average 8 percent growth which was experienced over the past decade, Lao’s economy is still expanding. Lao’s economy has greatly benefited from high-profile capital flows to …

THE IMPACT OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LAO PDR Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute The research finding describes the existing maize cropping system in Leuk Daek District of Kandal Province, Cambodia. In-depth interviews were conducted with key actors: maize farmers, maize collectors and processors. It is an information mapping flow showing the maize management system. Also, constraints and problems facing maize production and its marketing …

MAIZE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN LEUK DAEK DISTRICT, KANDAL PROVINCE, CAMBODIA Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute This thesis studies the impacts of real exchange rates on bilateral trade balance between Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and its major trading partners. The main objectives of this thesis are: (1) to study general trade balance between Lao PDR and each of its major trading partners (Thailand, China, and …

A STUDY OF IMPACTS OF REAL EXCHANGE RATES ON BILATERAL TRADE BALANCE BETWEEN LAO PDR AND MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute This study addresses the problem of Muslim women, who become single heads of households when their male breadwinners are absent. A gender perspective will be applied in order to analyze Muslim women’s role and status in society. Muslim women acting as single heads of households simply go against traditionally inherited gender …

GENDER, WOMEN’S LIVELIHOOD IN CONFLICT AREA: A CASE STUDY OF PATTANI PROVINCE, DEEP SOUTH OF THAILAND Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute Previous literature has noted the underperformance of women-led firms relative to male-led ones in both developed and developing countries. Using Thailand as a case study of a developing country, this paper investigates the impact of female CEOs on performance and development among Thai firms. Surveys of 1,043 firms generated data used …

IMPACTS OF FEMALE CEOS ON ENABLING FIRM PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THAI MANUFACTURERS Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute This study examined household saving patterns, its determinants and contribution to the development of rural livelihood in Luang Prabang province. The data of 312 households was collected by structured questionnaires and interviews in 2013 by adopting a simple random technique. Using descriptive statistics, OLS regression and the Likert rating scale, the …

THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD SAVING ON DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL LIVELIHOODS:EVIDENCE FROM LUANG PRABANG, NORTHERN LAOS Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute Foreign Direct investment (FDI) is considered to be significant capital sources to support social economic development in Laos, and it becomes a crucial factor to stimulate an economic growth. The aim of this research is to access the impact of FDI for both aggregate and disaggregate levels and some macroeconomic variables …

IMPACT OF FDI ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF LAO PDR Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute This study examined the effect of trade liberalization on Myanmar foreign trade with selected Asian countries namely Singapore, Thailand and China from 1989-2010. The paper also analyzed trends of foreign trade volume between its major trade partners and the effect of trade liberalization on trade flow with ASEAN Member States (AMS), …

THE EFFECT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON MYANMAR FOREIGN TRADE WITH SELECTED ASIAN COUNTRIES Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute This research analyzes the status and relationship of financial development, trade openness and economic growth by the ARDL approach of the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle area or CLV. This group of countries has developed a finance sector and opened trade within the same period between the second half of the 1980s and …

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADE OPENNESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CLV COUNTRIES Read More »

Written by Mekong Institute The Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco) is one commercially important species of citrus and a potential important agriculture commodity that may drive rural economic growth in Myanmar. The objectives of the study are (1) to develop a mandarin value chain map, (2) to identify the major stakeholders in the mandarin value …

VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF MANDARIN IN SELECTED AREAS OF MYANMAR Read More »