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Human Development Index scores 1980-2014
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 16, 2016
Source: UNDP Human Development Reports. 2015. Accessed 2 March 2016....
Lower Mekong countries HDI scores from the United Nations Human Development reports, 2015. Collated for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong Social development page (ht...
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Industrial sector growth rate 2010-2014
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
April 14, 2016
Source: World Bank, Industry, value added (annual %...
World Bank data showing the Industry, value added growth rate for four of the Lower Mekong countries (Myanmar not available) from 2010 to 2014. Compiled to create an interactive...
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Lower Mekong tourist arrivals 2010-2015
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 14, 2016
Source: Cambodia 2010-2015:...
Collated dataset of all official inbound tourist arrival numbers in the five Lower Mekong countries from 2010 to 2015. Created for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong ...
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2014 Lower Mekong GDP at market prices
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 8, 2016
Source: World Bank. GDP at market prices 2014 (current US$)....
Taken from World Bank data, the dataset was put together for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong Economy and commerce page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/ec...
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Urban population in the Lower Mekong 1964 to 2014
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 8, 2016
Source: World Bank. Urban population (% of total)....
The percentage of the total population in each Lower Mekong country in 10 year intervals from 1964 until 2014. This dataset built from World Bank data for an interactive visuali...
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Natural disasters in the Lower Mekong 1990-2015
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 8, 2016
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database –...
This dataset was built from search criteria on the EM-DAT database to find the number of floods, storms, droughts and earthquakes per years int he five Lower Mekong countries. ...
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Deaths from natural disasters in the Lower Mekong 1990-2015
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar
April 8, 2016
Source: EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database –...
Data for the visualization published on the OD Mekong Disasters and emergency response page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/disasters-and-emergency-response/). It show...
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Environmental Performance Index: 2016 report
Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Hsu, Angel. et al
2016
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks countries’ performance on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health and protection of ecosystem...
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Greater Mekong Subregion seaports 2014
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
July 9, 2015
Source: Asian Development Bank/ Environment Operations Center (www.gms-eoc.org)
A geospatial point dataset containing all known seaports in the Greater Mekong Subregion as of 2014. It contains geospatial coordinates, name and country attributes for all 68 f...
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GMS Major Urban Areas
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
January 19, 2016
Source: Major Urban Areas: Published by DeLorme Publishing Company, Inc....
GMS Urban Areas represents the major urban areas (polygons), with populations greater than 10,000.
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Greater Mekong Subregion Soil Types
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
July 9, 2015
Source: Asian Development Bank/ Environment Operations Center...
A geospatial dataset containing polygons of soil types in the Greater Mekong Subregion, according to FAO classifications. Attributes include: type of soil (FAO classification - ...
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Agricultural trade facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank
2012
This report describes ADB's agricultural trade facilitation plan for the Greater Mekong Subregion. An agricultural trade facilitation plan lays out systematic ways that achieve ...
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Trade and investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion: remaining challenges and the unfinished policy agenda
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Menon, Jayant; Melendez, Anna Cassandra
2011
This paper explores challenges relating to trade and investment in the GMS and identifies key elements of the unfinished policy agenda that need to be addressed. The paper is or...
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Exploring the climate change concerns of striped catfish producers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Nguyen Anh Lam, Truong Minh Hoang,Verreth,Johan...
2015
This study investigated the perceptions on and adaptations to climate change impacts of 235 pangasius farmers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Data were collected using semi-struct...
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Social security and labor migration in ASEAN
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Pasadilla, Gloria O.
2011
This policy brief takes a preliminary look at portability of social security in ASEAN, particularly old-age, retirement, and survivor benefits. Portability of social security af...
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Staying the course: World Bank East Asia and Pacific economic update
Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank
2015
Economic performance and prospects of East Asian and Pacific economies. The document includes updates on recent developments, trends in growth, poverty reduction, trade flows a...
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Future changes in Mekong River hydrology: impact of climate change and reservoir operation on discharge
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lauri, H., de Moel, H; Ward, P. J.; Keskinen, M.; Kummu, M.;...
2012
A study assessing the likely impact of economic development and climate change on the hydrology of the Mekong. The results indicate that within the coming 20–30 year period, the...
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Benefits, costs, and feasibility of a monetary union for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Khanh Ngo
2013
A paper assessing the feasibility of a monetary union among ASEAN countries. Through quantitative and qualitative methods, the paper assesses the benefits and costs. The author ...
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Viewpoint – The World Bank versus the World Commission on Dams
Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Goodland, Robert
2010
A viewpoint article about dynamics between the World Bank Group (the Bank) and World Commission on Dams (WCD). The Bank has long resisted guidelines from reformers and the WCD r...
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Assessing socioeconomic impacts of transport infrastructure projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Stone, Susan, Strutt, Anna; Hertel, Thomas
2010
This working paper attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with house...