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Laos is a landlocked country, where about 80 percent of households depend on agriculture for a living. These rural areas are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters such as extreme flooding and drought, and poverty is widespread in Laos, where 33 percent of children under five are stunted by malnutrition and Laos has one of the highest child mortality rates in Southeast Asia.