Tables of Contents
1, Introduction.
2. Primary data source...........
3. Measurement of welfare.......
4. Economic growth...
5, Inequality in Lao PDR.
6. Poverty...
Incidence of poverty.
Depth of poverty...
Severity of poverty..........
Comparisons with other countries in the region....
7. Growth and inequality effects.
8, Urban — rural differences in poveryy....
9. Profile by socié-economic characteristics...
10. How different are the poor from the non-poor.
Poor suffer from lower level of education,
Do the poor have access to infrastructure and services?..
11. A muliivariate model of household living standards.......
il
13
14
16
18
19
21
22
27
27
28
30
35
39
41