Poverty Profile in Lao PDR : Poverty Report for the Lao Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2012–2013

Pimhidzai, Obert ; Fenton, Nina Clare ; Souksavath, Phonesaly ; Sisoulath, Vilaysouk

World Bank, Vientiane

关键词: REGIONAL POVERTY LINES;    LIVING STANDARDS;    PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION;    POVERTY POVERTY;    CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES;   

RP-ID  :  100120

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The report starts with an overview ofpoverty and inequality estimates in chapter one, focusing onthe trends in poverty and the distributional pattern ofgrowth between 2002-3 and 2012-13. Chapter two then providesa description of the poverty profile by geographical andhousehold characteristics, both in terms of the levels ofpoverty and its rate of change. Consumption patterns arepresented in chapter three, and other socio-economiccharacteristics describing the living conditions ofhouseholds are presented in chapter four, which is thenfollowed by a chapter detailing the conclusions that can bedrawn from this initial poverty profile analysis. Theannexes provide additional detail. Annex one provides adetailed technical explanation of the methodology formeasuring poverty while annex two presents sensitivityanalysis for the poverty estimates including the confidenceintervals of these estimates. Annex three providesadditional tables and figures on poverty and inequalityincluding other measures of poverty.