Educational Disparities of Ethnic Minorities in Lao PDR with Comparative Cases from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand

The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with comparative perspectives from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The effects of ethnic minority cultures and linguistics, socio-economics, governmental policy, and national and local infrastructure have been analyzed using social and human capital theories through social constructivism