Making Connectivity Work: Contract Growing Along the Lao PDR
Rayco, Benny | September 2010
Abstract
Cross-border trading benefits from a well-defined agreement and organized demand and supply chains. A Lao PDR - based company shifted from trading timber to farm produce, in the process boosting agricultural cross-border trading between exporters in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and importers in Thailand.
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Rayco, Benny. 2010. Making Connectivity Work: Contract Growing Along the Lao PDR. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/537. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Business Economics
Economics
Regional Economic Development
Women's Education
Technical Education
Rural Education
Quality Education
Levels Of Education
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