"Unfortunately, Laos faces extremely high rates of childhood ... country has not been able to bolster its food security due to poor infrastructure hampering the transport of rice to many of ...

Poverty is widespread in Laos, and is especially severe for children from ethnic minorities living in rural areas. Families lack access to basic services, including health care, sanitation and food.

Poverty in Lao PDR declined from 33.5% to 23.2% in the last decade lifting half a million people out of poverty. The country has met the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of halving extreme ...

Economic instability and challenges in social services are threatening the gains Laos has made in poverty eradication, education, nutritional status, and other key human development indicators. The ...

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Laos’ inflation rate eased to 11.2 per cent in March, down from 12.7 per cent in February and 15.5 percent in January, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.