Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

World Bank Group

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

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Report; Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study; Economic & Sector Work

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Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

2015

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