Laos

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

SE Asia
Vietnam to East
Thailand to West
Pacific to East
Indian to West

Question 2

Background

Answer 2

. Land locked LIDC -> pop = 6.8 Mill -> 73% employed in agricult
. High net mig loss = 1.1 migrants/1000 in 2014
. 2013 = 1.29 lived abroad
-> 20,000 foreign born live in Laos
. Communist but encourage priv enterprise since 1997

Question 3

Migration policies

Answer 3

. Professionals (Drs, nurses, dentists) = freer movement between ASEAN countries after working 5 years
. ‘Fixers’ help Laos ppl find employment in Thailand
. Migration driven by gov funding + World Bank funding -> programmes to encourage Vietnamese immigration

Question 4

Interdependence

Answer 4

. 400 investments involve Vietnam £ eg rail roads, managing flooding of Mekong river
. Low level ed = unskilled -> fill Thailand demand
. Taxes in Thai fund joint programmes

Question 5

Opportunities

Answer 5

. Remittances = vry import -> 22% fans below pov line -> stimulates the economy
. Small + International NGOs = plan to stop human trafficking

Question 6

Challenges

Answer 6

. Low level ed = unskilled
. Human trafficking -> 36% pop = <15 vulnerable to sex + Labour exploitation
. Wage differential min wage 80bhat but in Thai it 300bhat = lose semi-skilled workers -> brain drain
. Little promise of £ gain as substance farmers -> land insufficient cos of droughts -> move to Thailand