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Is economic growth increasing disparities: A multidimensional analysis of poverty in the LAO PDR between 2003 and 2013

By: Bader, Christoph et al.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: The Journal of Development Studies Description: 53(12), Dec, 2017: p.2067-2085. In: The Journal of Development StudiesSummary: The Asian story of miraculous growth and poverty reduction has reinforced mainstream views of development that equate high and sustained economic growth with progress in human wellbeing. But understanding development only in terms of economic growth is not sufficient. This paper offers a different perspective on possible effects of Laos’s transition from a subsistence-oriented economy to a market-oriented economy. We used a multidimensional poverty approach with panel data for the years between 2003 and 2013. Findings suggest that benefits were not equally distributed: 50 per cent of people moved in and out of poverty, and the other half was either non-poor (37%) or always poor (13%).- Reproduced https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2016.1251587
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The Asian story of miraculous growth and poverty reduction has reinforced mainstream views of development that equate high and sustained economic growth with progress in human wellbeing. But understanding development only in terms of economic growth is not sufficient. This paper offers a different perspective on possible effects of Laos’s transition from a subsistence-oriented economy to a market-oriented economy. We used a multidimensional poverty approach with panel data for the years between 2003 and 2013. Findings suggest that benefits were not equally distributed: 50 per cent of people moved in and out of poverty, and the other half was either non-poor (37%) or always poor (13%).- Reproduced

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2016.1251587

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