Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR

World Bank Group

World Bank, Vientiane

关键词: LIVING STANDARDS;    PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION;    ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;    HOUSEHOLD SIZE;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

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.