This  AYSA report focuses on young people aged 10-24 years. It was  carried out  in order to better understand the  lives  of  young people in Lao  PDR and  the  factors that are  affecting them, both positively and negatively, with the aim of identifying priority  areas for action that would improve their lives and  contribute to the  social  and  economic development of the  country, now and  in the  future.