GMS Contents

This publication outlines the GMS Economic Cooperation Program (GMS Program) which was initiated in 1992 with the support of ADB. It aims to promote economic cooperation among Cambodia, People's Republic of China (PRC), Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
The GMS Program covers nine priority sectors: transportation, telecommunications, energy, environment, human resource development, trade, investment, tourism, and agriculture.

The Fifth Meeting of the Subregional Investment Working Group (SIWG5) was held on 13-14 October 2005 at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The key objectives of the meeting were to: (i) review and discuss the progress of the initiatives made since the previous meeting; (ii) exchange information and ideas about facilitating investments into the member countries and the region as a whole; and (iii) establish the near and medium term future directions and priorities of the SIWG.

The fledgling Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Journal for Development Studies, published under the auspices of the Phnom Penh Plan (PPP) for Development Management, moves a step ahead with the second issue. In what might be considered as "ascending steps," GMS scholarship is moving forward, slowly but surely. The PPP's commitment is to ensure that we continue to make strides towards our goal of bridging the gap between research and capacity building and to propagate the gospel of balanced socioeconomic development in the GMS.

The Fourth Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-4) was held in Yangon, Myanmar on 21-22 September 2005. The Meeting was co-organized by the Ministry of Electric Power (MOEP) of the Union of Myanmar and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Ninth Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum (STF-9) held in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 1-2 June 2005.

These are the conference proceedings from the first Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers Meeting held in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China on 25 May 2005.

This is the joint statement from the First Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers' Meeting in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China on 25 May 2005.

The Third Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-3) was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 7-8 April. The meeting was co-organized by the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) of Lao PDR and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The RPTCC-3 meeting discussed the following:

The Special Meeting of the Trade Facilitation Working Group (TWFG) was held at ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines on 25-26 April 2005. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Robert Boumphrey, Director of the Governance, Finance and Trade Division of ADB's Mekong Department. Seventeen officials from the commerce, trade, customs, immigration and quarantine agencies of the six GMS countries as well as ADB staff participated in the Meeting.

These are the summary of proceedings from the 11th Meeting of the Subregional Working Group on Environment (WGE-11) held in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 15-16 March 2005,