The relationship between poverty incidence and road development is analyzed in this paper, in the context of rural Laos …. The results indicate that improving road access is an effective way of reducing rural poverty. Between 1997-98 and 2002 …-03, rural poverty incidence in Laos declined by almost on tenth of the rural population. Over this same period road improvement …

1986. Since then both countries have experienced rapid economic growth, falling poverty rates and significant rises in per …

rights, and lack of development of market systems adds to the incidence of poverty. Increased economic efficiency is seen as … a powerful force for reducing the extent of poverty in developing countries in the long run. While this may be so, it … ignores the depth and incidence of poverty that can be generated during adjustments to policy reforms. This possibility …

interest to the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative. These poverty, health, and nutrition outcomes include both …

accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food … poverty reduction in still disadvantaged regions of Asia will need to be different as well. …

eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the specific goals of halving the proportions of both undernourished and malnourished … people between 1990 and 2015. The poverty goal was met fully, ahead of schedule, and substantive progress was made toward the … millions of families from the desperate cycle of hunger and poverty also had consequences for the environment. Roughly 72% of …