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This brochure overviews the Core Environment Program; covering the development context, history of the program, areas of work and some major program results. Please find the brochure in Burmese, Chines...

This ADB publication focuses on agriculture trade facilitation plan which lays out systematic ways to increase movement and flow of agri-food products and their impacts on the Greater Mekong Subregion ...

This ADB book brings together studies highlighting challenges to trade facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

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Foreword and Conference Inauguration

Welcome Craig M. Steffensen, Country Director, ADB Thailand Resident Mission

Inaugural Speech Mingquan Wichayarangsaridh, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand

Opening Remarks Stephen P. Groff, Vice President (Operations 2), ADB

Session 1: Decade of Development, Growth and Impacts 2001–2010 in the GMS

Dynamics of Economic Growth in the GMS - Retrospective and Prospective Views Arkhom Termpittayapaisith

Growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion in 2000-2010 and Future Prospects Utsav Kumar and Pradeep Srivastava

Economic Growth and Development in Cambodia, 2001–2010, and Strategies and Plans for 2011–2020 Hing Vutha

Recent Economic Development Performance and Some Perspectives on Economic Development Strategy for 2020, Lao PDR Leeber Leebouapao

Economic Growth and Development in Myanmar, 2001–2010, and Strategies and Plans for 2011–2020 Tin Htoo Naing

Economic Growth and Development in Viet Nam, 2001–2010 and Strategies and Plans to 2020 Duong Duc Ung

The Future of GMS Water: Is it History? Arjun Thapan 

Environmental Impacts: Current and Future Challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion Jeffrey A. McNeely

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Environment in GMS and Southeast Asian Countries: An Empirical Study Loi Nguyen Duy

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion Peter Warr

Water and Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Outlook to 2030/2050 Mark W. Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Tingju Zhu, Simla Tokgoz and Pascale Sabbagh

Gender and Regional Economic Integration in the GMS: Role of Cross-Border Transportation Development Kyoko Kusakabe

Water-Energy Nexus: Sustainable Urbanization in the Greater Mekong Subregion Peter Rogers

Session 2: Food – Water – Energy Nexus

Session 2.1: Food Security

Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion Historical Perspectives from the Mekong Committee Jeffrey A. McNeely

Policies for Long-Term Food Security in the Greater Mekong Subregion Shikha Jha, David Roland-Holst and Songsak Sriboonchitta

The Future of GMS Forestry in the Context of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus Broadhead, J.S.; Damen, B.; Durst, P.B. and Brown, C.L.

Climate Risks to Agriculture/Food Security in the GMS Countries and Early Warning Systems in the Context of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus S.V.R.K. Prabhakar

Impact of Soil, Management Practises and Climate Change on Water Productivity of Winter Rice in the Mekong Delta Marjorie Menard and Mohammed Mainuddin

A Remote Sensing-based Method to Map Irrigated Rice Cropping Patterns of the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam, with Respect to the Variation in Local Environmental Conditions Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, C.A.J.M. de Bie, Amjad Ali and E.A.M. Smaling

Health Cost of Pesticide Use Practices in Mung bean (Vigna radi...

This ADB e-news product highlights the GMS Program’s Achievements and Prospects for the next decade as well as projects aimed at the development of the six member countries of the GMS.

This publication is a historical summary of progress made in energy cooperation in the GMS since the beginning of the economic cooperation program in 1992. It highlights a two-pronged and phased approa...

These reports are produced every 6-months and overview CEP implementation progress.