Summary: Impacts of afta on government revenue, external trade and FDI of Lao PDR

The main objectives of this dissertation are twofold as follows: To review the economic performance of Lao PDR before and after participating AFTA; to estimate the impacts in implementing the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme under AFTA on the Lao PDR’s government revenue, external trade (exports and imports), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows.