SciDevNet: Laos is one of the ten South-East Asian nations preparing to form a single market at the end of 2015. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Community (AEC) is intended to boost regional growth by creating a common market that will enable the free flow of goods, services and skilled labour -- including scientists -- between member states.
As part of negotiations to create the AEC, member states recommended the research areas each plans to focus on. Although this work is ongoing, the...