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  • First International Research Forum, Vientiane, 20-21
    December 2012, organized by the Economic
    Research Institute for Trade, Ministry of Industry and
    Commerce, Dr. Mana Southichack, Intergro's Director,
    Economist and Business Advisor, participated and
    presented a research paper titled "Determining
    agricultural land policy and agribusiness support
    program: A case example of Lao rubber industry."

  • National Research Forum, Vientiane, 23 November
    2012, organized by the Economic Research Institute
    for Trade, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dr.
    Mana Southichack participated as discussant.

  • Leopard Capital Investors Conference, Vientiane, 16-
    17 May 2011: Intergro teamed up with Leopard Capital
    organizing a conference for more than 20 investors
    from the USA, Europe and Asia to tour and learn about
    investment opportunities in Laos. Leopard Capital is a
    private equity firm specializing in frontier (pre-
    emerging) markets, with operations in Cambodia,
    Laos, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The two-day event
    include touring a hydropower dam, a cassava
    processing plant, Lao Securities Exchange and a half-
    day sit-in forum with presentations by a government
    official, private economist and a host of private
    companies from mining, energy, processing and
    financial sectors.





















  • Dr. Mana Southichack co-authored a paper with Dr.
    Manoj Potapohn, Professor of Economics and
    Assistant Dean for Research, Chiang Mai University,
    Thailand, on "Socioeconomic consequences of
    large land concessions in northern and southern
    villages of Lao PDR"; presented at the IASC 2011,
    Hyderabad, India, 10-14 January 2011.
  • Dr. Mana Southichack was invited to present a paper
    titled "Dynamic Cost-Based Dairy Pricing System: A
    Solution to Hawaii's Dairy Industry?" to an
    international audience at the Oxford Business and
    Economics Conference 2010, St. Hugh's College,
    Oxford University, United Kingdom, 28-30 June 2010.
  • At the Third International Conference on Lao Studies,
    Dr. Mana Southichack presented a paper titled
    "Economic Convergence inside Laos?" at the Khon
    Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 14-16 July
    2010.
  • Research paper: "The Lao Coffee Economy: A New
    Growth Path on the Horizon?, by Dr. Mana
    Southichack.
Updated: 3 Jan. 2013
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Picture taken at the front steps of the Lao Securities
Exchange (LSX), with Leopard Capital Managing Partner
Mr. Ken Stevens (front left), Chairman of the LSX Mr.
Dethphouvang Moularat (front center), Director of Lao
Intergro Dr. Mana Southichack (front right) and investors
from USA, Europe and Asia.

Intergro's weekly (was monthly, from Jan. 2011 - May 2012)
letter for people who never stop upgrading. It's where
important business, financial and economic events,
matters and thoughts are gathered and presented in a
time-saving fashion.

The world keeps changing, and so do matters within human society that are critical for conducting
businesses and carrying out projects.  In addition to providing research for our clients on a
project-by-project basis, to stay up-to-date with the present, to build our own knowledge base, Lao Intergro
regularly monitors economics and business key indicators and conducts research on various topics and
evolving issues related to investment, business operations, economics, finance, the environment and
natural resources. We use the most up-to-date research methods, to obtain accurate and reliable
information, and computer software for data management and data processing. We maintain the capacity
to develop the best-possible, most accurate and easily understandable interpretation of the problems. So,
regardless of the level of complexity and the nature of the challenge at hand, Lao Intergro will come up with
the most appropriate and cost-effective way of addressing it.

Our obsession in conducting research is to make the complex understandable and the challenging
doable.
OUR RESEARCH
Policy Research

Lao Intergro assists policy makers with high quality
research to assess the economic, social and
environmental impacts of policies, regulations, rules and
laws needed to guide the proper and timely adjustment of
the design and implementation of these policies leading to
higher economic outcomes.
Lao Intergro's services:

  • Research (economic policy, economic impact, market,
    feasibility)
  • Business solutions (finance, management, market
    development)
  • Agricultural solutions (finance, technology, supply
    chain linkages)
In late November 2011, Lao Intergro, together with
our friends--Aloha United Soccer Team (from
Hawaii, USA), McCullagh (Laos), Update Magazine,
Khobchaideu Restaurant, Anou Construction
Enterprise, Viettien, and Sengathit
Development--organized a mini charity soccer
tournament in Pakse to assist flood victims in
Champassak Province. Together, we donated
$3,000 in cash and more than kip5 million of
clothing and rice to assist flood victims, plus two
dozen pairs of soccer shoes for young athletes.
In early April 2011, as part of our company's effort to contribute to society, Intergro's Director, Dr. Mana
Southichack, volunteered to do a recruitment presentation for the Department of Economics, University of
Hawaii-Manoa, USA, at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, National University of
Laos. The recruitment is for studying Masters and PhD degrees in Economics at UH-Manoa, where Dr.
Mana received his PhD in 1998. More than 50 students attended with much enthusiasm.
Charity Soccer
Graduate Degree in Economics Scholarship Outreach
for Department of Economics of the University of Hawaii-Manoa