One issue is about the development goal, which cannot be achieved or sustained when a
high proportion of the population is affected by poor health and inadequate access to health
care facilities, particularly in remote areas. Poverty eradication and inequality are other two
challenges for current and future development of Laos. Although the country achieved high
rate of economic growth last two decades, the poverty rate still extends in remote areas, and
also the income inequality is also increased. The equitable growth is one concept to reach
extreme development; in this case, the income growth should be distributed to the total
population both in urban and rural areas, may be through community participation
development method as author’s suggestion