Cost-effective Pali scholarship

> I estimate that the salary of a
> well-paid professor would be enough to support a community of 10 to 20
> dedicated Pali scholars and helpers willing to lower their living
> standards and to live away from expensive areas. How do I know this? I
> can live in a small cottage in the forest for less than $5000 cdn a
> year and have done so since 1988.

The salary of a (full-time) public school teacher in Lao is equivalent
$15/month.  A Lao policeman earns $20/moth --plus "gasoline credits". 
University Professors at the National U. of Lao ("N.U.O.L."/"Dong Dok") earn
about $150/month (with some variation due to rank and title).

Given that a Western professor earns $100,000++ he/she could employ a
"support staff" of more than one hundred researchers (in Lao) --without
anyone having to lower their standard of living.

I should note that my own electricity bill is more than $15/month; thus, it
would be impossible for me to live in my current circumstances as a public
school teacher.

E.M.

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