This paper presents a summary of the context in which Lao People’s Democratic Republic is expected to graduate from the least developed countries (LDC) category, based on an assessment of the country’s performance against the United Nations Committee for Development Policy’s graduation criteria, which is supplemented with additional indicators on potential areas of vulnerability.
The findings highlight complementary support needed to mitigate country vulnerabilities, as informed by the structural and development trajectory of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
This synthesis paper is based on extracts from the Vulnerability profile of Lao People's Democratic Republic, published in January 2021.
