HJA-DGD 22-26 SP and Labour Rights

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A large segment of ASEAN's informal economy is made up of the agri-food sector. They should be regarded as workers who have a rightto a decent job with good social protection, particularly in the Lao PDR's small-scale agriculture-cultivation, food production-sales industry. Even though the percentage of people employed in the agricultural industry has reduced (to 59% in Lao PDR in 2018), it can still be argued that they build up a significant share of the informal workforce. which uses cheap labor, is insufficient to complete the tasks in hand, and has limited potential. majority of them are MSMEs. In the Lao PDR, the agricultural industry employs 99.1% of the workforce, while 88% of rural jobs are in the informal sector. Many of them, primarily women and children, work in familybusinesses as unpaid labor. Laos has more than 7 million people, with 18 provinces and 143 district, the average GDP increases by 5.8% per year, it is a country with about 3 million workers, informal workers in Laos account for 83% of all workers in the country, and these informal workers are an important force in socio-economic development. According to the findings of a joint study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are still a significant number of workers who receive a daily pay, have precarious employment, and are not covered by social welfare or social protection. The most impactedare women workers in the informal economic sector…

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Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Laos

Sectors

Democratic participation and civil societyAgricultural policy and administrative management

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07106-10:LA.

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