Less than 10 per cent live under poverty line in Champassak
http://www.kplnet.net/english/news/edn12.htm

(KPL) 0.99 per cent of 110,324 families in Champassak province are reportedly living under poverty line, according to the Champassak Provincial Grassroots Building Office.

The reduction of poor families to current figure is attributed to the constant economic growth in the province, mainly in agriculture, according to Mr. Sonesay.

In agricultural sector, there is a significant increase in the plantation of rice, rubber, coffee, tea, cashew nuts, cassava and various cash crops, said Mr. Sonesay.

Health which is one of main indicators of poverty reduction has been improved and accessible to people in rural areas. Hundred and twenty-four development village clusters have been established across the province, according to Mr. Sonesay.

Mr. Sonesay said that the province would continue to reduce poverty in remote communities and establish more development village clusters and cultural villages and materialize the 7 th National Socio-Economic Development Plan of the government to achieve poverty reduction by 2015.

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Good news. Now 10% of Laos need to live under poverty line from the current 27% national wide. Laos only got 7 million people not 90 million like Vietnam or 65 million in Thailand. China with 1.3 billion population has lift 500 million people out of poverty. Laos can do it too.
;)

Kudos to Lao PDR :).

PEACE wrote on 20^th Apr, 2011 at 12:27pm:

Kudos to Lao PDR :).

With only 7 million people. I think nobody in Laos should live in poverty.
;)

They are trying and that is all that matters 8-).


llX wrote on 20^th Apr, 2011 at 5:33pm:

PEACE wrote on 20th Apr, 2011 at 12:27pm: Kudos to Lao PDR :). With only 7 million people. I think nobody in Laos should live in poverty. ;)

Agreed. Laos is developing. It'll take time everything is easy said then done.
:) 8-)




PEACE wrote on 20^th Apr, 2011 at 5:56pm:

They are trying and that is all that matters 8-). llX wrote on 20th Apr, 2011 at 5:33pm: PEACE wrote on 20th Apr, 2011 at 12:27pm: Kudos to Lao PDR :). With only 7 million people. I think nobody in Laos should live in poverty. ;)