LIDC - LAOS

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

• Landlocked LIDC in SE Asia
• population =6.8 million
• GDP per capita in 2020 = US$2630

Question 2

Emigration and immigration

Answer 2

• Migration loss - 1 per 1000 in 2020
• in 2017, 1.3 million Laos-born migrants lived abroad mainly in Thailand
  40,000 foreign-born in Laos

Question 3

Reasons for emigration to Thailand

Answer 3

• farming in Laos for food, lack of financial prospects and little alternative work
• daily minimum wage is much higher in Thailand
• unskilled work available on Thailand
• familiars culture and language

Question 4

Interdependence linked with countries by migration

Answer 4

• Laos-Thailand migration corridor, unskilled migrants support Thai economy and send remittances which help develop Laos
• good trade
• 20% of Laos is below the poverty line
• some illegal travel vu;net able to trafficking