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Thailand’s 20-Year National Strategy and Thailand 4.0 Policy
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha stated that the 20-year national strategy, which he had mentioned many times, is expected to help the country to achieve sustainable dev...
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Benefiting From the Digital Economy 2018
This policy note responds to a request from the Royal Government of Cambodia for the World Bank to assess the current state of Cambodia’s digital economy and identify policies t...
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Building Capacities for Evolving Geospatial Needs in Myanmar, MIMU Symposium
The rapid expansion of geospatial technology has brought the need for new skills to be able to understand and apply the newly available tools – not just for GIS professionals bu...
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Myanmar Library Survey
The Myanmar Library Survey is the first in-depth nationwide study of the country’s public libraries. Commissioned by The Asia Foundation in partnership with the Myanmar Book Aid...
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Destination Management Plan for the Inlay Lake Region -- Environmental Assessment
This report contains a summary of issues relating to sustainable management of environmental resources for Inlay Lake and its watershed, in the context of increasing pressures ...
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Destination Management Plan for the Inlay Lake Region 2014 - 2019
The Destination Management Plan (DMP) for the Inlay Lake Region is the result of extesive stakeholder consultations, interviews, focus group discussions, workshops and expert an...
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Improving Hydropower Outcomes Through System-Scale Planning: An Example from Myanmar
This report examines hydropower development in Myanmar to explore a fundamental challenge: how can governments make informed decisions about infrastructure development that will...
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Urban Myanmar
Cities conjure a sense of commotion. They can be hives of economic activity and interaction or centres of congestion and crime. Today, the majority of the world’s population liv...
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Cambodia Forest Cover (2016)
The forest in Cambodia is playing important roles in ensuring environmental stability, mitigation climate change, contributing to national economic development and poverty allev...
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A New Look at Special Economic Zones in Asia-ADB
As countries in developing Asia adjust to shifting global economic realities – including lower trade volumes, volatile commodity prices, and ongoing slow growth in industrial ec...
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The Role of Special Economic Zones in Improving Effectiveness of Greater Mekong Subregion
The paper first reviews the global literature on SEZs and the history of SEZs in the GMS, with emphasis on particular features of border SEZs when two bordering countries have d...
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The Role of Special Economic Zones in Improving Effectiveness of Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors
The paper brings together the wider literature and the GMS evidence to assess the arguments and modalities for harnessing SEZs for border development. The report concludes with ...
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Public-Private Partnership Handbook
This handbook is meant as an introduction or primer to the design and execution of PPP strategies and projects in the context of development finance.
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Corporate Income Tax. Thailand
This resource provides information about Corporate Income Taxes in Thailand.
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Personal Income Tax. Thailand
Information about Personal Income Tax in Thailand.
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Value Added Tax
Information about Value Added Tax (VAT) in Thailand. VAT has been implemented in Thailand since 1992 replacing Business Tax (BT). VAT is an indirect tax imposed on the value add...
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Thailand Country Commercial Guide – Labour Policies and Practices
In 2016, Thailand’s formal labor force was 38.3 million, or more than 56 percent of the population. Reported unemployment rates are well below full employment, at 1.0 percent ov...
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Blood bricks: untold stories of modern slavery and climate change from Cambodia
This report tells ten untold stories of modern slavery and climate change. The report reinforces why decent work is a powerful protection against contemporary forms of slavery: ...
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Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone(SSEZ)
Cambodia Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) is an economic and trade cooperation zone constructed by Chinese and Cambodian enterprises, which is a landmark project on "...
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Myanmar Country Highlights
This document is an overview of Myanmar's sanitation, drinking-water and hygiene status.