Thailand is ramping up infrastructure investments next year in the Eastern Economic Corridor, where all the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion converge.

Mekong governments need to create an enabling environment for public-private partnerships in infrastructure. Here are 4 ways to get the job done.

The Mekong Business Initiative, sponsored by the Australian Government and the Asian Development Bank, is sourcing international investment and facilitating regional expansion for innovative startups.

The Greater Mekong Subregion has significant potential to develop renewal energy, but it also faces major challenges.

Scientists are urgently calling for alternative treatments to a malaria “superbug” that now affects four countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is operating its first dry port in Savannakhet province, where it is strategically positioned along the Greater Mekong Subregion East-West Economic Corridor, at the mid-point between the nearest Vietnamese seaport of Danang, and Thai ports in Bangkok and Laem Chabang.

The Mekong Business Initiative is helping Vietnamese businesswomen build their capacity to engage the government in dialogue.

Risk financing can help at-risk communities better cope with the economic costs of natural disasters and extreme weather.

The subregion is one of the least urbanized areas in the world, but its cities are growing and their economic impact is being felt. 

Special economic zones combined with economic corridors are a potent force for prosperity in the Greater Mekong Subregion.