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Curriculum Vitae

1.   General Information

• Name: Assoc Bounthone SOUKAVONG
• Address: Dongdok, Saythany District, Vientiane
• Office address: Dongdok Campus, PO box The Faculty of Economics and Business Management (FEB), National University of Laos.
• E-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Phone: +856-20-22079564

2.   Education:

• 2003, graduated a Master’s Degree in Economics at the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
• 1999, graduated a Bachelor’s Degree in International Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

3.   Teaching Courses:

• Internatinal Economics (Bachelor’s program)
• Asian Economics (Bachelor’s program)
• Ethical Commerce and Investment (Bachelor’s program)
• Advanced International Economics (Master’s program)
• Advanced Trade Theory and Policies (Master’s program)

4. Textbooks

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2005). International Economics I, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2005). Microeconomics I, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2006). World Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2007). International Trade Theory and Policies, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2013). Economic Integration under ASEAN and WTO, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos.

Soukavong B. (Co-author) (2020). Border Trade of Lao PDR, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos.

5.   Selected Publications:

• Soukavong B. & Kyophilavong P. (2023). The Dynamic Relationship Between the Services Trade Sector and Economic Growth in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Vol. 31.
• Soukavong et all. (2020). The Study on Determinant Factors of Lao PDR’s Trade in Services by Using the Gravity Model, Lao Journal of Economics and Business Management, 1(1), 6-24.
• Vilavong , Phounesavath S. & Soukavong B. (2019) The Impact of Joining ASEAN Free Trade Area on International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Case of Lao PDR, CHINA’S RISE IN MAINLAND ASEAN: New Dynamics and Changing Landscape, 195-216.
• Soukavong (2011) . The Impact of Trade Policy Reform on Social Welfare, Inequality and Poverty in Lao PDR, Journal of Economics & Development, 13(2), 27-46
• Wongpit P. & Soukavong B. (2011). Trade Facilitation in Lao PDR: An Analysis of Time, Costs and Documents for Exporting Garments and Coffee through Thailand and Viet Nam, Artnet Website.

6. Conferences:

• 6-7^Th January 2022, presented a research paper (Topic: The Dynamics Relationship between Services Trade and Economic Growth in Lao PDR) at the International Conference on on Interdisciplinary Business and Economics Research held at Toky,
• 12^th February 2021, presented a research paper (Topic: The Study on Relationship between Tourism Revenues and Economic Growth in Lao PDR) at the 3^rd National and International Conference on Academic Research of Souphanouvong University, Luang Probang, Lao
• 24^th December 2021, presented a research paper (Topic: The Study on Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth in Lao PDR) at the 4^th National and International Conference on Academic Research of Souphanouvong University, Luang Probang, Lao PDR.

7.   Trainings and Workshops:

• July and August 2021, ARISE Plus Lao PDR Workshop 2: Advanced Export Potential Analysis and Trade Policy Modelling.
• 4^th-18^th November 2019, Online Learning on Building Competitiveness in Trade in Services, Delivered by the SME Trade Academy.
• 16^th - 18^th September 2019, Regional Orientation Workshop: Biodiversity/Ecosystem Services Assessment and Economic Analysis for Management, Policy and Innovative FinancingApplication, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 3^rd - 23^rd April 2018, Seminar on Business Model Innovation for Developing Countries in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China.
• 4^th - 6^th December 2017, the Short Course on “National Resources and Environmental Economics, and Policy”, National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
• 17^th -20^th July 2017, Training of Trainers Program on “Enhancing Capacity on Trade Policies and Negotiation” Advanced Training Course, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
• 8^th -12^th June 2015, Trade in Service Training Program for Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Developing Country Officials Workshop at Phnom Phenh, Cambodia.
• 21^st – 25^th September 2009, ARTNeT/RIS Follow-up Workshop on Gravity Modelling of Trade Facilitation and “Behind the Border” Measures Affecting Trade, New Delhi, India.
• 3^rd -5^th June 2009, ARTNeT GMS Capacity Building Workshop on Competitiveness Analysis in Hanoi, Vietnam.

8.   Language and Computing Skills:

• Lao: Mother tongue
• English: Good
• Japanese: Good
• Microsoft offices, Statistical Analysis Software (Stata and E-Views)