LAO P.D.R.: Assessing the Quality of Trade Statistics »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2017/251
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Geoffrey Bannister , Manuk Ghazanchyan , and Theodore Bikoi
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 November 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484325742.001
ISBN: 9781484325742
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, External trade statictics, bilateral assymetries, trade partner data, imports and exports, customs data, General, Country and Industry Studies of Trade, Asia including Middle East, Factor and Product Markets
This paper assesses external trade statistics in Lao PDR by looking at mirror statistics, and with reference to international experience in compilation and dissemination of external trade data. We find that exports...