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Determinants of poverty in Lao DPR

In English

Författare

  • Magnus Andersson
  • Anders Engvall
  • Ari Kokko

Summary, in English

Lao PDR has been relatively successful in raising incomes and reducing poverty since the early 1990s. However, the gains in terms of poverty reduction are unevenly distributed across regions and population groups. This paper uses a detailed household survey data set to examine the determinants of income and poverty in Lao PDR. The results suggest that household size, dependency ratios, education, and access to agricultural inputs are among the main determinants of per capita consumption. In addition, geography and ethnicity matter. A closer analysis of the role of ethnicity suggests that the higher poverty incidence among minority households is due to their limited access to productive resources rather than lower efficiency in resource use. The paper also proposes some elements for a poverty reduction strategy for Lao PDR.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

EIJS Working Papers Series

Issue

No 223

Dokumenttyp

Working paper

Förlag

European Instiute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics

Ämne

  • Other Social Sciences

Nyckelord

  • Lao PDR
  • Laos
  • development
  • poverty
  • household
  • ethnic minorities

Status

Published