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Special Economic Zones in the Mekong Region
This excel sheet is a data profile of all SEZs in Lower Mekong Countries created by Open Development Mekong. Data includes location, size, types of industries, country of...
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The Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Main Report
This report is a study on Special Economic Zone Development Plan in Border Area, a case study of Savannakhet Province. The study has worked out a plan to set up a Special...
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The Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Summary
This report offers a summary of 'the Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic', which is a work plan...
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Negotiating post-resettlement livelihoods: the Chinese special economic zone and its impact in northwestern Laos
Special economic zones (SEZs) are often employed by the state as a development mechanism to attract foreign direct investment and as a key engine for rural transformation....
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Commodifying Sovereignty: Special Economic Zone and the Neoliberalization of the Lao Frontier
Laos has followed its Chinese neighbor in creating the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as part of the new economic engine that allows distinctive economic policies and flexible...
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Myanmar Special Economic Zones & Cross Border Economic Zones
A geospatial dataset describing SEZ and CBEZ of Myanmar.
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Investment Policy
The investment policy is intended to support the implementation of 12 Points Economic Policy of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
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Community’s Voices on the Road Link: the two-lane road with one-way benefit
To broaden our understanding and get updated information on the project’s development, the Mekong Butterfly had visited and discussed with communities along the Road Link...
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Dawei Special Economic Zone
Dawei Special Economic Zone is an industrial development project in southern Myanmar. It is one of three SEZs in Myanmar that are designed to attract businesses by lowering...
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New bridge to resolve Thilawa's transport nightmare
Article on the Bago Bago River bridge.
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Voices from the Ground: Concerns over the Dawei Special Economic Zone and related projects
This report examines the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) project in Southern Myanmar, which, if realized, would be one of the largest petrochemical industrial estates in...
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SEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been built worldwide since the 1960s to facilitate global free trade and integrate developing countries into global production and...
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សេចក្តីសម្រេចលេខ១៥ ស្តីពីការបង្កើតរដ្ឋបាលតំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេស ខេមបូឌា ចេជាង ហ្គ័រជី
រដ្ឋបាលតំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេស ខេមបូឌា ចេជាង ហ្គ័រជី ត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងនៅក្នុងតំបន់មួយដែលមានទីតាំងស្ថិតនៅក្នុង ភូមិត្រពាំងគា និងភូមិត្រពាំងមូល ឃុំ...
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Thilawa Special Economic Zone
This website contains information on investing in the Thilawa SEZ.
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An evaluation of support to Lao PDR's special economic zones
The objective of this report is twofold: First, for TA 7188, (a) it evaluates the outcomes and outputs of TA 7188; (b) it assesses the relevance of those results to the...
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Border economic zones: Two sides of the coin
As the integration of Southeast Asian nations into the ASEAN Economic Community takes effect at the end of 2015, member countries are churning out policies to promote economic...
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Local communities must be considered when planning special economic zones – my experience with the peoples of Boonrueng
A Special Economic Zone in Chiang Khong, northern Thailand, could bring valuable investment into the area. But if it does go ahead, the wetland forests should be excluded to...
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Protect human rights in trans-boundary investments - the message from the 2018 SEA conference on Human Rights and Business
Delegates at the 8th Southeast Asian regional conference on Human Rights and Business in Chiang Khong, Thailand have released the Mekong Statement, committing ourselves to...
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Nested Interconnection: Transgressing Community-Based Natural Resource Management towards Innovating Collective Landscape Mobilization
This is a case about innovative approach of Boonrueng wetland forest conservation against land conversion for Special Economic Zone. Boonrueng wetland forest is the largest...
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Chiang Khong focus of border SEZ
Chiang Khong district in Chiang Rai province is highly likely to be chosen to develop a cross-border special economic zone (SEZ) in the Golden Triangle under the Lancang-Mekong...