Bounding the Mekong: The Asian Development Bank, China, and Thailand

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Abbreviations ACMECS Ayewaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy ADB Asian Development Bank APS advanced producer services ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BCP Burmese Communist Party BMR Bangkok Metropolitan Region BOD Board of Directors (of the ADB) BOG Board of Governors (of the ADB) BOI Board of Investment (of Thailand) BOOT build-own-operate-transfer BOT Bank of Thailand CCP Chinese Communist Party CEO chief executive officer CIA Central Intelligence Agency (of the United States) CMCoC Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce CoC chamber of commerce CP Charoen Pokphand CPB Crown Property Bureau (of Thailand) CRCoC Chiang Rai Chamber of Commerce CRFTI Chiang Rai Federation of Thai Industries DIPGC Datang International Power Generation Company ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (of the United Nations) EdL Electricite du Laos EGAT Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand EGCO Electricity Generating Company of Thailand EMR extended metropolitan region EOI export-oriented industrialization ESB eastern seaboard (of Thailand) EU European Union EWEC East-West Economic Corridor FDI foreign direct investment FTA free trade agreement FTI Federation of Thai Industries xiv AbbREvIATIoNS GCC global commodity chain GDP gross domestic product GMD Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party) GMS Greater Mekong Subregion GOL Government of Laos GPP gross provincial product HIPDC Huaneng International Power Development Corporation HPI Huaneng Power International ICJ International Court of Justice IEAT Industrial Estate Authority (of Thailand) IFCT Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand IFI international financial institution IMF International Monetary Fund ISI import-substitution industrialization IT information technology KTB Krung Thai Bank MOE Ministry of Energy (of China) MOF Ministry of Finance (of Thailand) MOU memorandum of understanding MW megawatts NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NBS National Bureau of Statistics (of China) NEC Northern Economic Corridor NESDB National Economic and Social Development Board (of Thailand) NGO nongovernmental organization NRIE Northern Region Industrial Estate NSO National Statistical Office (of Thailand) NT2 Nam Theun 2 ODA overseas development assistance PAD People’s Alliance for Democracy (of Thailand) PDR People’s Democratic Republic PIO Provincial Industry Office PPP People’s Power Party (of Thailand) SAP structural adjustment program SBEZ Special Border Economic Zone SCG Siam Cement Group SDPC State Development Planning Commission (of China) SEARIN Southeast Asia Rivers Network SEZ special economic zone SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council SME small and medium enterprise SOE state-owned enterprise SPC State Power Corporation (of China) SPDC State Peace and Development Council (of Burma) SUG Saha Union Group AbbREvIATIoNS xv TCBC Thai-Chinese Business Center THB Thai baht TRT Thai Rak Thai party UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization U.S. United States USD US dollars USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics VAT value-added tax VCP Vietnamese Communist Party WEETP West-to-East Energy Transmission Project WTO World Trade Organization YHLHC Yunnan Huaneng Lancangjiang Hydroelectric Company ...