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Is Economic Growth Increasing Disparities? A Multidimensional Analysis of Poverty in the Lao PDR between 2003 and 2013

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  • Christoph Bader
  • Sabin Bieri
  • Urs Wiesmann
  • Andreas Heinimann

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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%).

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  • Christoph Bader & Sabin Bieri & Urs Wiesmann & Andreas Heinimann, 2017. "Is Economic Growth Increasing Disparities? A Multidimensional Analysis of Poverty in the Lao PDR between 2003 and 2013," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(12), pages 2067-2085, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:53:y:2017:i:12:p:2067-2085
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2016.1251587
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