Two decades of declining poverty despite rising inequality in Laos

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Over the last two decades the distribution of private household expenditures has become more unequal in Laos, with the Gini coefficient rising from 0.311 to 0.364, even though absolute poverty incidence has halved.

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Field	Value
Document type	Advocacy and promotional materials
Language of document	English
Topics	Agricultural policy and administration
Geographic area (spatial range)	Lao People's Democratic Republic
Province(s)	Attapue Bolikhamxay Champasak Luangnamtha Luangprabang Oudomxay Phongsaly Saravan Savannakhet Vientiane Capital Xayabouly Xekong Xiengkhouang
Copyright	Yes
Access and use constraints	Copies may be obtained at WWW Site http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/publications
Version / Edition	1
License	unspecified
Author (individual)	Peter Warr Sitthiroth Rasphone Jayant Menon
Author (corporate)	Australian National University , National Economic Research Institute, Vientiane , Asian Development Bank , Manila
Publication place	Australian National University
Publisher	Arndt - Corden Department of Economics Crawford School of Public Policy ANU College of Asia and the Pacifict of Economics Crawford School of Public Policy ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Publication date	2015
Pagination	15
Keywords	E xpenditure inequality,poverty reduc tion,Gini coefficient,Lao s
Date uploaded	May 17, 2018, 08:44 (UTC)
Date modified	June 16, 2018, 07:27 (UTC)