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          "text": "Contact Information: 856-21-267 787"
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          "text": "Current IMF membership: 191 countries"
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          "text": "Lao People's Democratic Republic joined the Fund in July 05, 1961"
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          "text": "Quota: SDR 52.90 million"
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          "text": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans: ECF Arrangements SDR 6.80 million",
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          "text": "The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on November 15, 2013"
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    "The IMF Office in Lao PDR supports:",
    "Listed partner and relevant institutions:",
    "Event/publication dated: April 16, 2026.",
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