| AAAA | Addis Ababa Action Agenda |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AEOI | Automatic Exchange of Information |
| AI | artificial intelligence |
| AMRO | ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APTF | Asia-Pacific Tax Forum |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BEPS | base erosion and profit shifting |
| BoL | Bank of the Lao PDR |
| BPO | business process outsourcing |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| CAD Trust | Climate Action Data Trust |
| CbC | country-by-country |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFC | controlled foreign company |
| CIT | corporate income tax |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| DAAD | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) |
| DoES | Department of Environment and Stability Statistics |
| DRM | domestic resource mobilisation |
| DSSI | Debt Service Suspension Initiative |
| ECCIL | European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lao PDR |
| EDL | Électricité du Laos |
| EIA | environmental impact assessment |
| EOIR | Exchange of Information on Request |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FCPF | Forest Carbon Partnership Facility |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| FDES 2013 | Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GGGI | Global Green Growth Institute |
| GFCF | gross fixed capital formation |
| GHG | greenhouse gas |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| GIZ | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Society for International Cooperation) |
| GloBE | Global Anti-Base Erosion |
| GMS | Greater Mekong Subregion |
| GSSS | green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked |
| GVC | global value chain |
| ICOR | incremental capital output ratio |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDR | issuer default rating |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INGO | international non-governmental organisation |
| INFF | Integrated National Financing Framework |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPA | investment promotion agency |
| IPD | Investment Promotion Department |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ITMO | internationally transferred mitigation outcome |
| KHM | Cambodia |
| KPI | key performance indicator |
| Lao PDR | Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
| LAK | Lao kip |
| LDCs | least developed countries |
| LMIC | lower middle-income country |
| LNCCI | Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| LSB | Lao Statistics Bureau |
| MAF | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| MDCR | Multi-dimensional Country Review |
| MEM | Ministry of Energy and Mines |
| MICT | Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism |
| MLSW | Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| MOIC | Ministry of Industry and Commerce |
| MONRE | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
| MPI | Ministry of Planning and Investment |
| MSME | micro, small and medium-sized enterprise |
| MNE | multinational enterprise |
| MRV | measurement, reporting and verification |
| NCD | non-communicable disease |
| NDC | nationally determined contribution |
| NEM | New Economic Mechanism |
| NHI | National Health Insurance |
| NSEDP | National Socio-Economic Development Plan |
| NSS | National Statistical System |
| ODA | official development assistance |
| ODF | official development finance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| OOP | out-of-pocket |
| PAPI | Public Administration Performance Index |
| PEFA | Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability |
| PES | Payments for Environmental Services |
| PFM | public financial management |
| PPA | power purchase agreement |
| PPG | public and publicly guaranteed |
| PPP | public-private partnership |
| PCI | Provincial Competitiveness Index |
| PDP | Power Development Plan |
| R&D | research and development |
| RBC | responsible business conduct |
| RIA | regulatory impact assessment |
| REDD+ | reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries |
| SAA | skills assessment and anticipation |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
| SFM | sustainable forest management |
| SME | small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SOCB | state-owned commercial banks |
| SOE | state-owned enterprise |
| SSC | social security contribution |
| STS | Smooth Transition Strategy |
| SWF | sovereign wealth fund |
| SDNSS | Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the National Statistical System |
| tCO2eq | tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent eq |
| TFP | total factor productivity |
| TIF | tax increment financing |
| TLIC | Turning Land into Capital |
| TVE | township and village enterprise |
| TVET | technical and vocational education and training |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCDF | United Nations Capital Development Fund |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| US | United States |
| USD | United States dollars |
| VAT | value added tax |
| VDCAP | Vientiane Declaration Country Action Plan |
| VNM | Viet Nam |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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