# **Tables**

|Table 1: Civil service bay pay compression ratios in Armenia (2010) .............................................................. 8|
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|Table 2: Compression ratios in selected OECD member states ............................................................................ 8|
|Table 3: Employment in Lao PDR, 2005....................................................................................................................... 25|
|Table 4: Public to private pay comparator analysis, range in total monthly remuneration (kip) ....... 26|

# **Figures**

|Figure 1: Civil servants per hundred population, Lao PDR and regional comparators............................ 19|
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|Figure 2: Total number of civil servants, 2002-2008 ............................................................................................. 19|
|Figure 3: Civil service wage bill in fiscal perspective ............................................................................................. 20|
|Figure 4: Civil service wage bill as share of GDP ...................................................................................................... 20|
|Figure 5: Weighted average base salary, in kip (2001-2008) ............................................................................. 21|
|Figure 6: Composition of average total monthly compensation, '000 kip ..................................................... 22|
|Figure 7: Range of average monthly total compensation across ranks .......................................................... 23|
|Figure 8: Range of base salary across grades ............................................................................................................ 23|
|Figure 9: Estimated impact of per diem savings on total monthly compensation ....**Error! Bookmark**<br>**not defined.**|
|Figure 10: Public-private average compensation differentials .......................................................................... 26|

|**Boxes**|
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|Box 1: A Micro Analysis of Civil Service Earnings in Lao PDR .............................................................. 10|
|Box 2: Pay Comparison in Lao PDR—A Worker-based Statistical Analysis ........................................ 12|
|Box 3: Pay Comparison in Lao PDR—A Jobs-based Employer Survey ................................................ 13|
|Box 4: Exploring Civil Servants’ Incentives through Qualitative Research ......................................... 14|
|**Annexes**|
|Annex 1: Average monthly compensation of white collar civil servants, FY 2008/09 ...................... 34|
|Annex 2: Average monthly compensation of health and education sector staff, FY 2008/09 .......... 35|
|Annex 3: Worker Approach—Monthly earnings by education level and industry (2007/08) ......... 36|
|Annex 4: Jobs Approach—Total net monthly remuneration in a sample of private firms, state-<br>owned enterprises and ministries in Vientiane (2009) ........................................................ 37|
|Annex 5: Additional income sources reported by civil servants ........................................................... 38|
|Annex 6: Reported range of additional income by sector ..................................................................... 39|
|Annex 7: Perceived criteria for promotion ............................................................................................. 40|