Laos

• Lots of unskilled Loations emigrated to Thailand = Thailands economy grow as key gaps filled in agriculture, construction, fisheries = stabilised the Thailand economy
• Laos gain $412 million a year in remittances (2% of GDP)
• Loas and Thailand have increased trade = 5 ‘friendship bridges‘ that cross the Mekong River
• Friendship bridges create opportunities for trade as well as Laos receiving easier access to the sea via Thailand
• “Don Sahong Hydro Project” manages flooding on the Mekong + creates energy on the border of Laos-Thailand = more electricity = greater development opportunities
• Migration corridors has led to increased political relations = Laos has agreed to built railway between Thailand-Vietnam = opens Laos + Thailand to South China sea for exports
• High speed rail link connecting Thailand and China via Laos = further trade opportunities
• Laos and Thailand combatting common problems such as trafficking