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Private Sector Perspectives in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Studies in Trade and Investment No. 42
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| Author(s):
Trade and Investment Division (TID)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Trade expansion, trade promotion and export development |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/2065 |
| Division/Office:
Trade and Investment |
| Published Date:
2000 |
| Country:
Thailand |
| Hard Copy Price:
N/A
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| The publication highlights the need to promote private sector activities in the areas of trade and investment in the “Greater Mekong Subregion”, comprising of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and Yunnan Province of China. It also recommends utilizing the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) more effectively under the Forum for the Comprehensive Development of Indo-China. In particular, the symposium discussed the enhancement of trade and investment activities in the context of human resources development and the role of the private sector in economic cooperation in the subregion. It also addressed the new concept of “economic corridors” in the subregion and discussed the impact Asian economic crisis on subregional development.
The publication contains background studies and proceedings presented at the Symposium on the Comprehensive Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion under the Indo-China Development Forum (FCDI), held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 7 to 8 April 1999. |
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OPENING SESSION
SESSION I: ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS OF THE
GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION AND THE IMPACT
OF ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SUBREGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SESSION II. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
SESSION II PART A: CORE INDUSTRIES
SESSION II PART B: MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
SESSION II PART C: SERVICE INDUSTRIES
SESSION III: HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SESSION IV: PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN GMS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND THE ECONOMIC
CORRIDOR CONCEPT
CONCLUDING SESSION
APPENDIX A: CONCEPT PAPER ON A COOPERATION
FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
WEST-EAST CORRIDOR (WEC) IN THE MEKONG BASIN
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME
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