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    Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development: Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North-South Economic Corridor
    Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development: Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North-South Economic Corridor
    Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development: Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North-South Economic Corridor
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    Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development: Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North-South Economic Corridor

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    The North-South Economic Corridor (NSEC), one of the priority economic corridors under the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Economic Cooperation Program, was designated as a GMS flagship initiative in 2002. Efforts have been taken since then to develop NSEC but these were pursued mainly on a project-by-project basis. Consultations in NSEC countries were started in the last quarter of 2007 to initiate a holistic approach to the development of NSEC. The strategy and action plan for NSEC is the product of these and subsequent consultations with government officials, representatives of the private sector, and other stakeholders in these countries. Besides providing a vision and framework for developing NSEC, this strategy and action plan is aimed at improving coordination, ensuring effective implementation, and helping the mobilization of resources and the broadening of support for NSEC development. The strategy and action plan for NSEC was endorsed at the 15th GMS Ministerial Conference held in Cha-am, Petchburi Province, Thailand on 17-19 June 2009.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsian Development Bank
    Release dateAug 1, 2010
    ISBN9789290920755
    Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development: Strategy and Action Plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North-South Economic Corridor

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      Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development - Asian Development Bank

      Toward Sustainable and Balanced Development

      STRATEGY and ACTION PLAN for the GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION NORTH–SOUTH ECONOMIC CORRIDOR

      © 2010 Asian Development Bank

      All rights reserved. Published in 2010.

      Printed in the Philippines.

      ISBN 978-92-9092-075-5

      Publication Stock Number RPT090665

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      Asian Development Bank.

      Toward sustainable and balanced development: Strategy and action plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion North–South Economic Corridor.

      Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2010.

      1. Development. 2. Greater Mekong Subregion. 3. North–South Economic Corridor. I. Asian Development Bank.

      The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent.

      ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use.

      By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term country in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

      ADB encourages printing or copying information exclusively for personal and noncommercial use with proper acknowledgment of ADB. Users are restricted from reselling, redistributing, or creating derivative works for commercial purposes without the express, written consent of ADB.

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      Contents

      List of Tables and Figures

      Abbreviations

      GMS North–South Economic Corridor

      Source: ADB.

      Basic Information on the North–South Economic Corridor and Its Components

      1: Population and Land Area

      – = no data, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, PRC = People’s Republic of China.

      Notes:

      1. Population data for the PRC refers to 2006, to 2005 for Yunnan and Guangxi; rural population data and literacy rates from 2005.

      2. Total population data for Myanmar are 2002 estimates, rural population is based on the 1983 Population Census conducted by the Department of Population (apparently, the last census made in Myanmar; in 1991, only the Population Changes and Fertility Survey was made), and the literacy rate is from UNDP’s Human Development Report 2006.

      3. Yunnan prefecture data are provided by Dofcom office in Yunnan.

      4. Population data for Thailand provinces were from the National Economic and Social Development Board, 2005.

      5. Poverty incidence and rural population of Thailand were taken from the National Statistical Office, 2006.

      6. Literacy rate of Thailand was taken from the 2000 Census. Literacy rates and poverty incidence for Thailand were taken from UNDP’s Thailand Human Development Report 2007.

      7. Poverty incidence for Myanmar is based on results of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey in 2001.

      Sources: ADB, Statistical Database System (SDBS); ADB, Key Indicators 2006; ADB, Regional Cooperation Strategy Program Update 2007–2009; China Bureau of Statistics, China Statistical Yearbook 2006; Yunnan Statistical Yearbook 2006; Guangxi Statistical Yearbook 2006; National Statistics Centre, Lao PDR, Lao PDR Statistical Yearbook 2005; National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand, Statistical Yearbook 2004; General Statistics Office, Viet Nam, Statistical Handbook 2006; UNDP, Thailand Human Development Report 2007; Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development, Myanmar, Statistical Yearbook 2003.

      2: Income Levels and Economic Structure

      – = no data, GPP/cap = gross provincial product per capita, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, PRC = People’s Republic of China.

      Notes:

      1. Data for the PRC refers to 2005. Yunnan prefecture GPP per capita figures are from 2004 using average exchange rate at RMB8.2768 = US$1. Guangxi prefecture figures are from 2005.

      2. Lao PDR figures are from 2005; provincial data for Bokeo and Oudomxay are based on the Northern Region average figures. Available figures for Louang Namtha are from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

      3. Thailand figures are from 2005 using average exchange rate of B40.2 = US$1.

      4. Viet Nam data refer to 2006; Lao Cai is the average GPP for 2000–2005; Ha Noi refers to 2005; Vinh Phuc and Hung Yen refer to 2004; Lang Son GPP is from 2002, while the economic structure is based on 2005; unemployment rates refer to urban areas. Unemployment figures for Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Lang Son, and Bac Giang are based on regional data for the

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