Integrating Circular Economy into the 9th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2021-2025) in Lao, PDR
Strategically situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, Lao PDR has the ambition to become an agro-industrial country with boosting eco-tourism while preserving its unique culture. Strong economic growth in the past decades enabled the country to become a lower-middle income country in 2010. However, the economic growth has been largely driven by natural resource extraction. Therefore, sustainable development, circular economy (CE) and sustainable consumption and production (SCP) play a more and more important role in Lao`s politics and economy.
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