Living with transition in Laos [[electronic resource] ] : market integration in Southeast Asia / / Jonathan Rigg

• Autore: Rigg Jonathan <1959->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9594
• Soggetto topico: Mixed economy - Laos; Subsistence economy - Laos; Poverty - Laos
• Soggetto geografico: Laos Economic conditions 21st century; Laos Economic policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-229) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Managing and coping with transitions -- New poverty and old poverty : livelihood and transition in Laos -- Subsistence affluence or subsistence struggle? : unpicking tradition and illuminating the past -- Poverty, inequality and exclusion -- The best of intentions : policy-induced poverty -- Not in our hands : market-induced poverty and social differentiation -- Making livelihoods work -- Muddled spaces, juggled lives.
• Sommario/riassunto: Laos - the Lao People's Democratic Republic - is one of the least understood and studied countries of Asia. Its development trajectory is also one of the most interesting, as it moves from state, or perhaps more appropriately subsistence, to market. Based on extensive original research, this book assesses how economic transition and marketisation are being translated into progress (or not) at the local level, and at the resulting impact on poverty, inequality and livelihoods. It concludes that the process of transition in fact contributes to the growth of poverty for some people, and shows how
• Titolo autorizzato: Living with transition in Laos
• ISBN: 1-134-25358-3; 1-280-25404-1; 9786610254040; 0-203-00203-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817128903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series.