The Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)

Date Shared:

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 14:15

Title:

The Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)

Countries and areas:

Cambodia, Lao, Thailand, Viet Nam

Thematic Area:

Governance of migration and coordination of dialogue, Strategies for minimizing costs/maximizing human development

Tags:

Capacity Building, Legal Frameworks on Migration, Empowerment and Rights of Migrants

Summary:

Thailand aims at addressing the socio-economic disparities that are seen to be one of the main causes of migration in the sub-region. For this reason its capacity building efforts in the sub-region involve a range of economic development projects along border areas with neighboring countries, notably (but not limited to) under the ACMECS framework.

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2008 - Roundtable 2.2 "Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration"

Link:

For more information:

https://aric.adb.org/initiative/ayeyawady-chao-phraya-mekong-economic-co...