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Greater Mekong Subregion Business Handbook
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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/2183) |
| Division/Office:
Trade and Investment |
| Published Date:
2002 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
US$ 35.00
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| This business handbook is designed to stimulate interest in and attract investors to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). It is a compilation of comprehensive information on GMS countries that comprise Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and Yunnan Province of China. Information is provided in the context of regional rather than national strategies and opportunities. The handbook also contains useful information for new and existing investors in the region. |
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CONTENTS
Foreword
- THE GMS STORY
- Introduction to the GMS
- The early years of the GMS
- 2000 and beyond: the GMS on the roll again
- Old and new problems for the GMS
- The GMS: the emerging frontier in Asia?
- The evolution of business sector cooperation
in the GMS
- GMS growth areas
- GMS in ASEAN
- What's next for the GMS?
- CAMBODIA
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Tips for visitors
- Learning more
- LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Tips for visitors
- Learning more
- MYANMAR
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Tips for visitors
- Learning more
- THAILAND
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Tips for visitors
- Learning more
- VIET NAM
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Tips for visitors
- Learning more
- YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
- Basic operating environment
- Macroeconomic business climate
- Institutional and support network: public
and private sector organizations
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for trade
and investment
- Main opportunities for investment
- Learning more
- REGIONAL RATIONALE AND A CORRESPONDING
STRAGEGY FOR GMS FIRMS
- Introduction
- The rationale behind regional economic cooperation
- Economic benefits of REDAs
- The roles of the state and the business sector in
regional economic cooperation
- Firm strategies in the GMS context
- GMS company profiles: experiences and
lessons learned
- Measures for facilitating cross-national flows
of goods, people, and services |
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