Lao People's Democratic Republic: Labour migration

June 2009 

• Migrant workers’ remittances: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar - [pdf 1956 KB]
  30 June 2009 - The study on migrant workers’ remittances to their families Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar investigated the sending behaviour in terms of the amount sent, the frequency in sending, the intended purposes of the remittances and the actual use. (Report)
• Migrant worker remittances and their impact on local economic development - [pdf 3603 KB]
  29 June 2009 - The international labour migration has become a common approach for many poor countries to alleviate unemployment and to work out from poverty. These countries are generally characterized by soaring unemployment, low economic development, and high population growth rate. ... (Working paper)

October 2008 

• Managing Cross-border Movement of Labour in Southeast Asia
  The project aims to protect migrant workers by developing a knowledge base on migration issues for policy makers and building up the capacity of governments to manage orderly labour migration. ... (Project)