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  • Profiles from “Providing Stepping Stones to Opportunities”

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    This article was originally drafted by Johannes Loh and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for the newsletter “Asian Trends Monitoring Bulletin” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The booming economic development of Laos does not automatically improve access to services—a major issue […]

  • The Wealth Divide

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    This article was originally drafted by E. Phoutsavath and Indochina Research for the newsletter “I-Light” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. There is a saying in Laos that “the rich don’t go to prison, and the poor don’t go to hospital”. There is a lot of […]

  • Subsistence farmer, Kaum, with her children in Phonethong Village

    Laos: Different Face of Poverty

    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 […]