years, with a focus on the electricity subsector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, the … government’s goals of 90% electrification and sustainable development electricity sector in the Lao PDR in the coming years. …

Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …