Publications

The 9th Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Human Resource Development was held in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, on 20-21 May 2009.

This is the summary of proceedings from the 9th Meeting of the Subregional Telecommunications Forum (STCF-9) of the Greater Mekong Subregion held in Bangkok, Thailand on 2 to 3 June 2009.

Human resource development, with its potential to enhance competitiveness, increase returns on physical connectivity, and build a sense of community, is one of the five strategic areas of cooperation under the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program.

A Development Partners’ Meeting on Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy was held at the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand on 5 March 2009.

The Special SEF meeting was held to refine and finalize the GMS Road Map for Expanded Energy Cooperation, for endorsing it to the 15th GMS Ministerial Meeting to be held in Thailand in June 2009. Formulated in line with the recommendations of the recently completed GMS Energy Strategy Study, the Road Map was earlier presented at the SEF meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam and at the GMS Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, Thailand, both held in November 2008. These meetings agreed to further review and hold internal consultations on the Road Map.

This is the summary of proceedings from the Technical Meeting on the Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Agriculture Trade and Contract Farming in Bangkok, Thailand in 6 March 2009.

As trade is an important driver of growth and infrastructure is a necessity for trade, infrastructure development has a key role to play in economic development. This study aims to quantify the potential benefits of the development of the economic transport corridors, along with the implementation of the Cross-Border Transport Agreement (CBTA) in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and sectoral responses are explored using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) framework.

This is the summary of discussions at the 9th Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-9) and 4th Meeting of the Subregional Energy Forum (SEF-4) in Shenzhen, the Peoples’ Republic of China on 26 to 27 October 2010.