UN Special Rapporteur to Visit Laos to Examine Poverty, Rights Issues
Laos has made impressive progress in reducing poverty, but still has a long way to go, as one quarter of the population still lives below the poverty line, according to a U.N. official visiting the Southeast Asian country this month.
During an interview with RFA’s Lao Service in Bangkok on Sunday, Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on poverty and human rights said that during his 10-day visit he hopes to find out why there are so many Lao people without access to school, clean water or good health care when the economy has grown and poverty has been reduced.
RFA’s Lao Service
