Developing Agriculture and Tourism for Inclusive Growth in the Lao PDR_English_Sep 2021
The report examines how higher agricultural productivity and new markets for tourism can help reduce poverty rates. Agriculture employs 60% of the Lao PDR’s labor force. Meanwhile, about 42,000 people, 62% of whom are women, were employed in tourism before COVID-19 hit. COVID-19 travel disruption has forced half of the…
