The Investment Promotion Department (IPD) is the first stop for providing information on the investment process in Laos. The IPD's primary functions include: promoting Laos as an investment destination, offering investment incentives, screening investment proposals, correcting investment data, and monitoring investment practices.
With around 70% of the Lao population relying on subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods, climate change effects, such as unpredictable rains and extended dry seasons, will have a significant impact on the lives of people across the country.
Lao PDR is not a major contributor to climate change but is likely to be disproportionably affected. The country is concerned about the serious consequences of climate change to its economic development, human capacity, poverty reduction and environment sustainability.
The Manual and its annexes provide a set of guidelines and documentation for the procurement of medium and large hydropower projects on a Build-Operate-Transfer (“BOT”) basis. It contains various model documents, including a Model Concession Agreement and Model Power Purchase Agreements.
Authored by: Victoria Rigby Delmon with Jenny Chao
