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Fiscal Decentralization in the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao

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The People’s Democratic Republic of Lao (Lao PDR), landlocked between Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, China, and Viet Nam in the core of Southeast Asia, accounts for a population of some 5.8 million over a total surface of 236,800 square kilometers. Latest estimates would place poverty rates at around 39 percent of households (ADB 2002). With an estimated per capita income of $320, Lao PDR stands among the poorest countries in Asia. Inequality, measured by an estimated Gini coefficient of some 0.36 (UNDP 2004) is high for such a low level of income. Lao’s set of basic human development indicators rank the country 133 out 177 states in the Human Development Index (UNDP 2005).

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  • Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Juan Luis Gomez & Guevera Yao, 2006. "Fiscal Decentralization in the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0622, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
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    1. Roy Bahl & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, 2013. "Sequencing Fiscal Decentralization," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 14(2), pages 641-687, November.
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    1. Juan Luis Gomez & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & Cristian Sepúlveda, 2011. "Reining in Provincial Fiscal ‘Owners’: Decentralization in Lao PDR," Chapters, in: Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & François Vaillancourt (ed.), Decentralization in Developing Countries, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. World Bank, 2011. "Lao PDR Public Expenditure Review," World Bank Publications - Reports 20265, The World Bank Group.

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