Assets

In the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework established by the Department for International Development [1], the term ‘asset’ is referring to 5 groups of assets also called capitals: natural, human, physical, financial and social.

The availability of certain assets among the population indicates the opportunities that exist for sustainable livelihood activities and where constraints lie for households. Therefore, the degree of food security at household level depends on these assets and how well households combine them in pursuing their different livelihood activities.

The following chapter looks at the asset ownership of the rural population of the Lao PDR.

[1] Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets, 2006, London, United Kingdom (http://www.livelihoods.org/info/info_guidancesheets.html#1)