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BruceLaoMan


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By privatizing the farmland, it would be the last departure from the state monopoly of socialism. I think this is a long overdue process if the government really cares for its farmers.  People throughout the country should be allowed to freely transfer, or trade their land-use-rights. They should be able to contract and manage their own land with full protection of the law. For example, farmers can dispose of farmland that they have contracted with the government and re-contract it to others or selling it if they want.
 
If the economy is growing at 8% per year, then the need for the land to use for roads, factories, luxury, hotels, and housing will eventually grow along. As we all know, the land for industrial and commercial use are inevitable as a country is aiming for prosperity, but if the expropriation of land by local officials then lucratively sell to property developers, and with small compensation to the owners, will definitely cause a widespread of public discontent.

The Laotian communist party needs to act according to the rapid change in its society and to protect the rights of its farmers otherwise, the legitimacy of its rule could be challenged.
The land reform will allow the impoverished peasants to profit to the extent and the uneven distribution of wealth between the cities and the countryside would be narrowed down, so as the gap between the rich and the poor won’t be so great. Furthermore, it would also stimulate greater demand for goods and commodities throughout the country, but if more than 60% of the population is too poor to afford things like television sets, clothes or other electronic appliances, and so forth then it would be considered a failed system despite the effort by the government. Only when this reform is carried out and the rural income is increased and development speeds up, there would be no generation of internal demand which means the poor will strugle to improve their living standard and worse, they will remain poor forever.












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bruce. you would make a swell president. i know that you are genuinely concerned with the issues affecting the lives of our people. thumbsup.gif

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I thought Privatization of land in Laos already happened?

I don't understand how land is such a huge concern that if affects other sectors of life in Laos, can you explain that?

I would assume beefing up education, public, or cheap private schools, would eventually even the wealth gap between the people. Of course, throwing out nepotism and cronyism in order to legitimize education.

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The local government distribute the land for the local to cultivate and building the house, is it called "privatization of Land?" as long as the owner got the license , i think they can sell it legally,

Land. Law in Laos>>

-- Edited by khonthakek at 05:24, 2008-10-13

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Zak wrote:

I thought Privatization of land in Laos already happened? I don't understand how land is such a huge concern that if affects other sectors of life in Laos, can you explain that? I would assume beefing up education, public, or cheap private schools, would eventually even the wealth gap between the people. Of course, throwing out nepotism and cronyism in order to legitimize education.

I thought Privatization of land in Laos already happened?
(1) How could that be when the government officials are the ones who negotiate the value of your land and lucratively sell it to the developers on your behalf and at the same time they order you to relocate with minimum compensation? Obviously, there is no property right ever written in the constitution in Laos.
I don't understand how land is such a huge concern that if affects other sectors of life in Laos, can you explain that?
(2) Because 80% or more people in Laos are farmers and the economy is mainly based on the subsistence agriculture. By granting them the full right to sell or trade their land base on the current market value would give them sufficient income to start a new life and the option to live in the cities if they choose not to be a farmer anymore. Essentially land is the only hope they have and to contract it out to developers by the government officials is like a complete destruction of life.

I would assume beefing up education, public, or cheap private schools, would eventually even the wealth gap between the people. Of course, throwing out nepotism and cronyism in order to legitimize education.
(3) Education is an essential part in any society as it would provide opportunity to seek better employment, but as I said earlier, Laos is still a country of agriculture, so education alone does not mean narrowing the gap. We all know the reason why many people seek work in Thailand. Isn’t it because of high wages?

 



-- Edited by BruceLaoMan at 06:21, 2008-10-13

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maribelle1226 wrote:

bruce. you would make a swell president. i know that you are genuinely concerned with the issues affecting the lives of our people. thumbsup.gif

Thank you for your positive outlook on me and you are still my moonshine of the night.

 



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This is an honest to goodness question because I dont know how the Lao government works, being a communist nation, that is. Is privatization allowed in a communist rule?



http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2008/10/phnom-penh-beautiful-close-up-exoticism.html

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eye_sky wrote:

This is an honest to goodness question because I dont know how the Lao government works, being a communist nation, that is. Is privatization allowed in a communist rule?

http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2008/10/phnom-penh-beautiful-close-up-exoticism.html

Well, Laos has been practicing Western economic system and everybody does not have to sell their labor to the state anymore in order to make a living. There are private businesses as well as state-own businesses.  Aren’t you aware of that?

 



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khonthakek wrote:

The local government distribute the land for the local to cultivate and building the house, is it called "privatization of Land?" as long as the owner got the license , i think they can sell it legally,

Land. Law in Laos>>

-- Edited by khonthakek at 05:24, 2008-10-13

The government grants you the right to use the land does not mean you really own it. It is not privatization when the government still has the legal ownership of the land. If you can’t trade or sell the land without government’s permission, then you are basically living on the government’s property not yours.


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