Fiscal Decentralization in the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (), Juan Luis Gomez and Guevera Yao
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Juan Luis Gomez: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, https://icepp.gsu.edu/
Guevera Yao: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, https://icepp.gsu.edu/

International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU from International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Abstract: 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).

Keywords: Fiscal Decentralization; People’s Democratic Republic of Lao; fiscal reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 91 pages
Date: 2006-09-01
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