![](https://greatermekong.org/g/sites/default/files/cover-30076.png)
Report on the Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit
Board Information Paper on the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program, 4th GMS Summit Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 19-20 December 2011
Board Information Paper on the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program, 4th GMS Summit Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 19-20 December 2011
The Greater Mekong Subregion Strategic Framework 2012–2022 builds on the substantial progress the GMS program has made and the likely global and regional trends.
The idea that tourists swimming in a jungle waterfall or strolling around an ancient temple can help reduce poverty seems too good to be true. But it is a fact: an increasing body of research clearly demonstrates that tourism can help the poor.
BANGKOK, THAILAND (20 February 2012) - The management of food, water and energy resources in the Greater Mekong Subregion will be the most critical challenge of the coming decade, requiring careful balance of economic and environmental interests and better management of natural resources, a conference on the future of the region heard today.
BANGKOK, THAILAND (17 February 2012) – Policy-makers from the Greater Mekong Subregion will meet in Bangkok next week to discuss the challenges and opportunities for balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability.
With increasing fuel demand projected for the Greater Mekong Subregion, biofuels could make a significant contribution to offsetting oil demand and to increased agricultural and rural incomes.
A more integrated, harmonious, prosperous, and equitable Greater Mekong Subregion requires agriculture to be the lead contributing sector. Regional cooperation in the agriculture sector is guided by the Core Agriculture Support Program (CASP), which is implemented by the Working Group on Agriculture.
Under CASP Phase I (2006-2010), GMS member countries expanded agriculture trading, resulting in sizable gains in the global market.
The Yunnan Integrated Roads Network Development Project is helping to build community-based women’s groups responsible for maintaining the condition of rural roads near their villages.
This is the statement issued by the Joint Committee for the Cross-Border Transport Facilitation Agreement during its fourth meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 22 November 2013.
Ministers from the governments of Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, met in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 11 December 2013 for the 19th Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program.