High speed rail could bankrupt Laos, but it’ll keep China happy

Published by: Open Development Laos

Despite impressive economic growth rates over the last decade, a third of Laos’s population still lives below the extreme poverty line of US$1.25 per day. Most of the extreme poor Laos are ethnic minorities living in rural and upland districts, who depend on local ecological resources for cash income and food.

Expanding transport infrastructure can no doubt be very important for effective poverty reduction, however, this article questions the economic and social benefits of two high-speed rail projects in a country like Laos.

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ရေးသားသူ (တစ်ဦးချင်း)	Keith Barney
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ထုတ်ဝေသည့်ရက်စွဲ	2014
အဓိကစကားလုံးများ	high-speed rail
တင်ခဲ့သည့်ရက်စွဲ	ဇန်နဝါရီ 3, 2018, 11:51 (UTC)
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