AIT alumnus wins an article award
Congratulations go to Ms. Somphavanh Nakhavong, an AIT alumnus, (RRDP' 2006), whose article on 'Impacts of Rural Access Road Network on Poverty Alleviation in the LAO PDR', was selected as one of two honorable mention submissions for the 2006 United Nations Development Research Award (UNDRA 2006) held in Lao PDR. Her paper was based on her master's thesis supervised by Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad of Regional and Rural Development Planning, School of Environment, Resources and Development.
The article will be published in a Special Lao-English edition of the journal, Juth Pakai, in early December 2006.
Ms. Somphavanh is now working in the World Food Programme, Lao PDR.