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Energy Security and Economic Drivers in Lao PDR: Insights on Electricity Consumption and Transition

In: ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSITION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

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  • NISIT PANTHAMIT
  • CHUKIAT CHAIBOONSRI
  • GUOWEI TIAN

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This chapter investigates the links between electricity consumption (EC) and key factors—gross domestic product (GDP), population, and foreign direct investment (FDI)—in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) from 1998 to 2018, using ARDL-based Bayesian inference. The findings provide empirical evidence of a long-term linear relationship between EC and these economic indicators in Lao PDR. In the short run, these factors have both positive and negative effects on EC, indicating persistent energy insecurity. To achieve long-term energy security, Lao PDR must invest in substantial infrastructure and alternative renewable energy sources.

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  • Nisit Panthamit & Chukiat Chaiboonsri & Guowei Tian, 2025. "Energy Security and Economic Drivers in Lao PDR: Insights on Electricity Consumption and Transition," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary & Youngho Chang & Naoyuki Yoshino (ed.), ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSITION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, chapter 8, pages 149-171, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789819812608_0008
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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