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Joint Study and Survey of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Cross Border Economic Zones (CBEZs) to match Complementary SEZs and Identify Prioritized Areas
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Case studies
Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department; Mekong Institute (MI)
2018
This study presents a review of the available literature on SEZs in the region and CBEZs globally and an update of their current status across six countries. It outlines potenti...
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2018 Vietnam: Evaluation of UNICEF Viet Nam Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (RSHP) 2012 – 2016
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
UNICEF Country Office Viet Nam
2018
With the aim to continuously improve transparency and use of evaluation, UNICEF Evaluation Office manages the "Global Evaluation Reports Oversight System (GEROS)". Within this ...
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A Health Impact Assessment Framework for Special Economic Zones in the Greater Mekong Subregion 1 / 55
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
ADB
2018
Across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), there are over 500 special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial zones. Many have been strategically located along or near the GMS eco...
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The Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2018
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bruno Lanvin; Paul Evans
2017
As a technology business connecting our clients and their customers throughout the world, we thrive on diversity in all its forms. It is the lifeblood that flows through the tea...
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Roads, Bridges, Ports and People
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
2009
During some of the heaviest bombing the world has ever seen, roads, bridges and ports were obliterated in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Today, in a dramatic reversal of fortune, ...
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Infrastructure to aid Mekong development
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
2017
Construction of two bridges linking Cao Lãnh City and Lấp Vò District in Đồng Tháp Province and Đồng Tháp with Cần Thơ, which are under way, will be a big boost to transportatio...
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SEZ Development in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and the regional value chains
Cambodia, China, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bui Thi Minh Tam
2019
Special economic zones (SEZ) in some East Asian economies over recent decades have been considered to be a successful experience. In some cases, the SEZ are seen as an importan...
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Alberto Portugal-Perez; John S. Wilson
2010
The authors estimate the impact of aggregate indicators of “soft” and “hard” infrastructure on the export performance of developing countries. They build four new indicators fo...
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FDI sector faces shortage of skilled labour
Viet Nam
Archived web content
2018
Webpage indicates that Vietnam is suffering from shortage of skilled labour, thus impacting FDI.
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Developing smart cities in Vietnam
Viet Nam
Archived web content
Nhan Dan Online
2019
During the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), building smart cities is a trend deployed by cities around the world to solve urban problems. Recently, a number of resea...
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Van Don special economic zone must be superior: Deputy PM
Viet Nam
Archived web content
Ministry of Planning and Investment(MPI)
2019
The special preferential policies for Van Don Special Economic Zone must make it superior to the country’s existing economic zones and on par with similar models in the region a...
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ODA by sector to LMCs
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
July 1, 2019
Source: OECD.COM
This chart, created by ODM, shows each sector's percentage in total ODA from 2016 to 2017 of LMCs.
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ASEAN Guidelines for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Development and Collaboration
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
ASEAN Secretariat
To help policy makers address these challenges, the Guidelines below outline good policy practices for SEZ policies in ASEAN.
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ITTO Strategic Plan 2013-2018
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
February 10, 2015
Source: N/A
International Tropical Timber Organization's strategic five-year plan.
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ICT Development Index scores and data 2015
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
April 26, 2016
Source: Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measuring the...
A series of data for the Lower Mekong extracted from the 2015 ITU report on ICT development. It includes broadband internet pricing, internet speeds and the ICT Development Inde...
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Reservoirs of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar.
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
July 28, 2015
Source: Reservoirs: Lehner, B., Reidy Liermann, C., Revenga, C.,...
This point layer (GRanD_Reservoirs_v1_1) represents the locations and attribute information of reservoirs contained in the GRanD database, version 1.1. For details please refer ...
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SDG 8 dataset
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
June 11, 2019
Source: UNSD
Official available data as of June 2019 from UNSD for SDG 8
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Urban Population in the Lower Mekong
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
March 25, 2019
Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS?locations=KH...
Dataset on urban population in the Lower Mekong, from World Bank
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Safeguarding People and the Environment in Chinese Investments
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Inclusive Development International
2017
The aim of this guide is to help civil society organizations and community advocates gain an improved understanding of Chinese investors and China-led finance institutions and t...
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Reckless Development: The IFC’s Dodgy Deals in Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Dustin Roasa and Natalie Bugalski
2017
Report on financial chain mapping on financiers of infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.