Contents: - Trade Liberalization and Comparative Advantage Dynamics in Lao PDR Souksavanh Vixathep - Lao WTO Accession and Insurance Industry ? Options for Liberalisation Sonethanou Singdala - The Impact of Trade Policy Reforms on Social Welfare, Inequality and Poverty: The Case of Lao PDR Soukavong Bounthone - Rules of Origin in Services: The Case of Laos Buavanh Vilavong - Promotion of Organic Coffee Products for Export in Lao PDR Malaykham Philaphone - The Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: A Stakeholder Analysis Case Study of Lao PDR Xaysomphet Norasingh