期刊名称：International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research (IJEER)
印刷版ISSN：2311-3871
电子版ISSN：2310-5232
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：9
页码：377-386
出版社：The Economics and Social Development Organization (TESDO)
摘要：The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of road access at rainy season on poverty reduction in Lao PDR, by considering the effect of road access at rainy season on real expenditure per capita level in Northern, Central, Southern and Vientiane capital based on data from Lao expenditure and Consumption Survey (LECS4) in the 2007/08. We used the multiple regression analysis to prove the impact. The result shows that road access at rainy seasons has a significant positive impact on real expenditure per capita. We concluded that road access would allow farmers all season access to urban markets and expand agricultural production by improving productivity and would help to reduce poverty, especially in the central part and Vientiane capital. This study suggests that policy makers or private agencies should invest more on improving road in rural areas to link between rural and urban markets for expanding agricultural production, to reduce poverty and to achieve MDGs by 2015.
