Greater Mekong Subregion: From Geographical to Socio-economic Integration

List of Abbreviations

ABBReVIAtIons AEC ASEAN Economic Community AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Agreement AMRO ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASP ASEAN Surveillance Process BAU business as usual BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic BOOT build-own-operate-transfer BOT build-operate-transfer BRTA bilateral road transport agreement CADP Comprehensive Asia Development Plan CAFTA China-ASEAN Free Trade Area CBM Central Bank of Burma CBTA cross-border transport agreement CCA common control area CDM clean development mechanism CEPT common effective preferential tariff CF clean fuels CLM Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar CLMV Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam CMIM Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization CNPC China National Petroleum Corp COP community of practice CPP Cambodian People’s Party xii Abbreviations CSR corporate social responsibility CTS customs and transit systems DLT Department of Land Transport (Thailand) DSM demand-side management EC energy conservation ECF Economic Corridors Forum EE energy efficiency ERIA Economic Research Institute for ASEAN ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific EWEC East-West Economic Corridor FDI foreign direct investment FIMC Foreign Investment Management Committee (Laos) FTA free trade agreement GFC global financial crisis GMS Greater Mekong Subregion GNI gross national income GoL Government of Laos HDI Human Development Index IAI Initiatives of ASEAN Integration IEAI Initiative for East Asian Integration IGA Inter-Governmental Agreement on Regional Power Trade IRM Integrated Resource Management IRR Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Model LDC least-developed country LECS Lao Expenditures and Consumption Survey LPI Logistics Performance Index MDGs Millennium Development Goals MESSAGE Model of Energy Supply Systems Alternatives and their General Environmental Impacts MFN most favoured nation MFSO Macroeconomic and Finance Surveillance Office MICE meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions MMR maternal mortality ratio MoP margin of preference NBC National Bank of Cambodia NSEC North-South Economic Corridor NSEDP National Social and Economic Development Plan (Laos) NSW National Single Window NTFC National Transport Facilitation Committee (Thailand) Abbreviations xiii ODA official development assistance PGB Pan Beibu Gulf POLIS Police Information System (Thailand) PPA power purchase agreement PPP public-private partnership PRC People’s Republic of China PTA preferential trade agreement RE renewable energy RETA Regional Technical Assistance RoO rules of origin RPTCC Regional Power Trade Coordinating Committee SAP strategies and action plans SEA strategic environmental assessment SEC Southern Economic Corridor SEE state economic enterprise SEZ special economic zone SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council (Myanmar) SME small and medium enterprises SOE state-owned enterprise SSI Single-Stop Inspection SWI Single Window Inspection TEU twenty-foot equivalent unit UNFCC United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNTAC United Nations Transition Administration in Cambodia WGI Worldwide Governance Indicators WTO World Trade Organization ...