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Road Improvement and Poverty Reduction in Laos

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  • Warr, Peter G.

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Laos is a mountainous country with poor roads and a high rate of poverty incidence, especially in rural areas. It is obvious that better roads could reduce poverty, but by how much? And what forms of road improvement reduce poverty the most? The economic effects of road improvement are complex and multi-channeled. This paper uses a multi-household general equilibrium modeling approach to study these issues. The results indicate that road improvement does reduce poverty but that the quantitative impact depends heavily on the types of road that are provided and the areas in which the road is located.

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  • Warr, Peter G., 2007. "Road Improvement and Poverty Reduction in Laos," 2007 Conference (51st), February 13-16, 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand 10416, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aare07:10416
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.10416
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    1. Siwarat Kuson & Songsak Sriboonchitta & Peter Calkins, 2012. "Household determinants of poverty in Savannakhet, Laos: Binary choice model approach," The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Letters, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, vol. 1(3), pages 33-52, September.

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