New Economic Mechanism

Laotian history
Also known as: NEM

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history of Laos

  • Laos
    In Laos: The Lao People’s Democratic Republic

    …a major reform called the New Economic Mechanism (NEM), which followed the introduction of perestroika (“restructuring”), a similar economic reform program in the Soviet Union. The NEM introduced market incentives and began decentralizing government economic enterprise. With the collapse of communist regimes in eastern Europe and of the Soviet Union…

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