World Bank Group indicators for Lao PDR covering aspects of technological innovation and science capacity. The data likely contains metrics on research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is sourced from organizations including UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national innovation capacity based on R&D expenditure data mentioned in the description
- Analyzing trends in high-technology exports for economic growth studies
- Modeling the relationship between scientific publications and royalty/license fee payments
- Assessing intellectual property development using patent and trademark indicators
Strengths
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse
- Sourced from authoritative institutions like UNESCO Institute for Statistics and IMF
- Last updated on 2026-04-28 05:43:20.085708
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and WIPO
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from international organization data portals
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 05:43:20.085708
- Geography
- Lao PDR