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A Particular Place? Laos and its Incorporation into the Development Mainstream

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  • Jonathan Rigg

    (Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England)

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Laos is a poor country in the world's most economically vibrant region. I provide a historically embedded interpretation of Laos' contemporary economic geography through three lenses: dualism, spatiality, and scale. I propose that, while the patterns of change in the country are familiar, the meaning of those patterns is linked to a series of spatial associations, scalar disjunctures, historical contingencies, and cultural incongruities which are place based and country or region specific. I draw a distinction between national and transnational governmentalities on the one hand, and ‘village governmentalities' on the other hand, offering these as alternative, but not mutually exclusive, ways of viewing and interpreting Laos' economic geography.

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  • Jonathan Rigg, 2009. "A Particular Place? Laos and its Incorporation into the Development Mainstream," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 41(3), pages 703-721, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:41:y:2009:i:3:p:703-721
    DOI: 10.1068/a40260
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    1. Dang,Hai-Anh H. & King,Elizabeth M. & Dang,Hai-Anh H. & King,Elizabeth M., 2013. "Incentives and teacher effort : further evidence from a developing country," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6694, The World Bank.
    2. Hai-Anh H. Dang & Elizabeth M. King, 2016. "Incentives and teacher effort," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 24(4), pages 621-660, October.

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