World Bank Group trade data for Lao PDR, part of the Transparency in Trade Initiative to provide free access to country-specific trade policy information. The dataset is available in CSV format and was last updated on 2026-04-28. It is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trade policy impacts on poverty reduction based on the Millennium Development Goals context mentioned in the description
- Modeling market access for developing countries based on the trade system rules described
- Benchmarking Lao PDR's trade transparency against other nations based on the World Bank initiative framework
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank Group.
- License is permissive (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse and redistribution.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-04-28 05:44:14.727342).
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
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official national accounts and trade statistics as part of the Transparency in Trade Initiative.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 05:44:14.727342; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Lao PDR (Laos)