Overview
Since 1986 Laos has been engaged in radical reform, designed to transform its repressed socialist economy into a market economy open to international trade and investment. ""The Economics of Transition in Laos"" analyzes the successes and failures of economic transition in the context of the institutional and political constraints faced by the reform process. It focuses on the change from a socialist economic system to a market-oriented system, and the transfer from subsistence to market agriculture. Special attention is given to the integration of Laos into the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author shows that this integration into ASEAN is likely to be an important determining factor in the transformation of Laos into a successful market economy. This book, the first of its kind, should prove useful reading to social scientists concerned with Southeast Asia, transition or development issues, and to all those interested in contemporary Indochina.
Full Product Details
Author: Yves Bourdet
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.430kg
ISBN: 9781858987477
ISBN 10: 1858987474
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 29 March 2000
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change '. . . Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.' -- Paul Reddicliffe, Asian Affairs
'This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change'. . . Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.'– Paul Reddicliffe, Asian Affairs
`This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change `. . . Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.' -- Paul Reddicliffe, Asian Affairs
'This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change '... Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.' -- Paul Reddicliffe, Asian Affairs
Author Information
Yves Bourdet, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Lund, Sweden
