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Does Road Improvement Reduce Poverty?: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Lao PRD

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  • Jayant Menon

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This presentation discusses the correllation between road improvement and poverty in Lao PDR. Included is a discussion on road improvement and transport costs, the model and simulations, results and conlusions. This presentation was presented at the Thrid Annual Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association (LAEBA) Meeting held in Seoul, South Korea on November 16th, 2006.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank in its series IDB Publications with number 44320.

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Date of creation: Nov 2006
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Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:44320

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Keywords: Infrastructure & Transport :: Roads & Highways; Social Development :: Poverty; LAEBA; road infrastructure; infrastructure & transport; Lao PDR;

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Cited by:
  1. Stone, Susan & Strutt, Anna & Hertel, Thomas, 2010. "Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion," ADBI Working Papers 234, Asian Development Bank Institute.
  2. Manabu Fujimura & Ramesh Adhikari, 2010. "Critical Evaluation of Cross-Border Infrastructure Projects in Asia," Development Economics Working Papers 21876, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
  3. Marks, Stephen V., 2011. "Lao economic policies and effective rates of protection," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 115-127, April.
  4. Warr, Peter & Menon, Jayant & Yusuf, Arief Anshory, 2009. "Regional Economic Impacts of Cross-Border Infrastructure: A General Equilibrium Application to Thailand and Lao PDR," Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration 35, Asian Development Bank.
  5. Manabu Fujimura & Ramesh Adhikari, 2010. "Critical Evaluation of Cross-Border Infrastructure Projects in Asia," Working Papers id:2981, eSocialSciences.
  6. Warr, Peter & Menon, Jayant & Yusuf, Arief Anshory, 2010. "Poverty Impacts of Government Expenditure from Natural Resource Revenues," Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration 51, Asian Development Bank.

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