Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

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Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

2015

World Bank Group

Poverty in Lao PDR declined from 33.5 percent to 23.2 percent over the 10 year period between2002/3 and 2012/13. The number of poor people declined by about half a million to 1.35 millionin 2013 and Lao PDR has met its MDG target of reducing poverty to below 24 percent by 2015.Improvements in welfare are evident in the changes in other socio-economic indicators such as theownership of televisions and access to electricity, which doubled, and the number of householdsliving in houses built with bricks or concrete, which nearly tripled, while the proportion of thosewithout a toilet halved. Net secondary enrollment increased from 27 percent in 2002/3 to 50 percentin 2012/13 showing significant improvements in education.

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agricultural extension agricultural sector consumption development indicators diversification economic activities economic growth exchange rate extreme poverty farm income farm sector farmers food consumption food prices growth health care health insurance household consumption human capital income insurance living standards poverty poverty reduction primary education rural areas social protection social safety nets subsistence urban areas

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World Bank, Vientiane

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Investment climate; Marginal effect; Regional characteristics; Income shocks; Access to electricity; Maternal health; National poverty; Health expenditures; Sustainable growth; Regional vice president; Farm employment; Policy research; Public policy; Poverty rate; Reducing poverty; Welfare improvements; Household vulnerability; Labor market; Development goals; Income groups; Poverty target; Changes in poverty; Rural; Poverty profile; Labor force; Output growth; Poor households; Education level; Economic activity; Educational attainment; Access to health care; Negative effect; Welfare distribution; Drivers of poverty reduction; Policy implications; Economic diversification; Self-employment; Poor people; Poverty status; Region; Financial instruments; Farm labor; Aggregate level; Welfare impact; Structural transformation; Farm incomes; Growth regressions; Poor; Household head; Regions; Non-poor households; Regional framework; Household size; Explanatory variables; Farming activities; Welfare programs; Income growth; Development report; Wage employment; Chronically poor; Poverty assessment; Poverty line; Decline in poverty; Transfers; Vulnerable households; Per capita consumption; Growth elasticity; Safety nets; Farm prices; Farm activities; Food price; Household survey; Poverty dynamics; Household heads; Risks; Household head age; Consumption growth; Lack of skills; Health expenditure; Secondary enrollment; Economic opportunities; National poverty rate; Rural households

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English

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Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

2015

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