Description:
Executive Summary: "The new Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Strategic Framework, 2012?2022 marks a major shift
in the GMS Program, reflecting changes in the regional environment and the achievements of
the program to date. Adopted at the Fourth GMS Summit held at Myanmar in December 2011,
the new framework calls for increased focus from conventional infrastructure to multi-sector
investments, and greater emphasis on infrastructure ?software” to build on physical connectivity
and increased coordination across sectors. The GMS countries requested Asian Development Bank
(ADB) assistance in preparing a multi-sector regional investment framework (RIF) to foster economic
corridor development and in proposing an investment program aligned to the new framework. The
substantive outcome of the regional planning exercise was presented at the 18th GMS Ministerial
Conference in Nanning, People?s Republic of China in December 2012. This GMS energy report was
made available at that meeting as a background document.
As an input to the development of the RIF, this report includes analyses of national plans at sector
levels, and regional investment priorities that were preliminarily identified in the energy sector.
The primary objective is to update information on regional energy resources and to analyze the
prospects for regional energy sector development, taking into account the progress of projects
under the GMS Vientiane Plan of Action, 2008?2012, and the various national energy projects,
especially those with important regional implications. The ultimate goal is to determine how
regional cooperation can contribute to national objectives, recognizing that regional cooperation
is not an end in itself, but a means to further national goals..."
Source/publisher:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Date of Publication:
2013-00-00
Date of entry:
2015-10-13
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English