'Lao development only benefits the elite,' says UN rapporteur

Laos will spend USD 1 million for its two new national parks, UN rapporteur report on Lao poverty, graduating from least developed country and human rights issues, Thai Future Forward Party's leader sedition charges, Vietnam UXO.

UN rapporteur on poverty to Laos, Professor Philip Alston says that Lao development only benefits Lao elite not the poor which Lao MOFA says it is bias Source: UN in Lao PDR

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