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Laos: Different Face of Poverty
Written by AsianTrendsMonitoring
On the cusp of Vientiane’s entry into the WTO, a third of its population continues to live below the global poverty line of US$1.25 a day. The author Johannes Loh describes his observations during a research trip to Vientiane as part of the Asian Trends Monitoring team. Laos is a […]
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Future Scenarios for Hanoi in 2035
Written by AsianTrendsMonitoring
Researchers from the Asian Trends Monitoring (ATM) team took a look at alternative futures in Hanoi and developed four very different scenarios for how the city’s entrepreneurs would do in the year 2035. The Vietnamese capital is undergoing several drastic changes. The city’s look and feel are changing, and the […]
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Infographic: Hanoi’s Poor struggle to get access to basic services
Written by AsianTrendsMonitoring
The latest infographic from the Asian Trends Monitoring team tells a story about Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, and how it fares in its struggle to provide basic services for its people. The numbers and information in the infographic are a combination of secondary data from the World Bank, primary data […]
