UN Expert Says Lao Government Policies Make Life Worse For Poor, Marginalized
The Lao government’s economic policies have worsened the living conditions of the nation’s poor and marginalized populations, while widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, a United Nations rights expert said Thursday, at the end of an 11-day official visit to the country.
In a statement issued at the end of his March 18 -28 visit, Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said that improvements in the lives of the poorest Laotians had not kept pace with the country’s economic development.
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