Ministers of the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countriesagreed to totally support the GMS Strategic Framework for 2012-2022during their meeting in the Cambodia capital city of Phnom Penh onAugust 4.
At the 17 th GMS MinisterialConference, the ministers agreed to submit the new strategic frameworkto their leaders for endorsement at the 4 th GMS Summit scheduled forthis December in Myanmar .
The framework willorient the development of GMS economic corridors, including investmentin urban and rural infrastructure, further focus on designing softwarenecessary for the effective use of infrastructure at present and in thefuture, as well as settlement of common social and environmentalconcerns.
With this framework, the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) will support GMS countries in an effort to make the best useof the region’s limited natural resources through boosting investmentin strategic areas.
The bank will continue itssupport for GMS countries in accessing cooperation opportunities, saidADB Deputy General Director Bindu Lohani.
Established in 1992 with the support of the Asian Development Bank, theGMS programme has set out nine priority sectors of cooperation,including agriculture, energy, environment, human resource development,investment, telecommunications, tourism, transport and transportinfrastructure, and trade facilitation.
During the past two decades, the GMS programme made importantcontributions to poverty reduction and socio-economic development in theregion.
GMS groups the countries of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand , China and Vietnam. /.
At the 17 th GMS MinisterialConference, the ministers agreed to submit the new strategic frameworkto their leaders for endorsement at the 4 th GMS Summit scheduled forthis December in Myanmar .
The framework willorient the development of GMS economic corridors, including investmentin urban and rural infrastructure, further focus on designing softwarenecessary for the effective use of infrastructure at present and in thefuture, as well as settlement of common social and environmentalconcerns.
With this framework, the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) will support GMS countries in an effort to make the best useof the region’s limited natural resources through boosting investmentin strategic areas.
The bank will continue itssupport for GMS countries in accessing cooperation opportunities, saidADB Deputy General Director Bindu Lohani.
Established in 1992 with the support of the Asian Development Bank, theGMS programme has set out nine priority sectors of cooperation,including agriculture, energy, environment, human resource development,investment, telecommunications, tourism, transport and transportinfrastructure, and trade facilitation.
During the past two decades, the GMS programme made importantcontributions to poverty reduction and socio-economic development in theregion.
GMS groups the countries of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand , China and Vietnam. /.
