Aid and development
Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms - Public Private Partnerships
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Overview In the past decade, infrastructure development has been a central focus of policymaking for countries in the Lower Mekong – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Financing these projects is a complicated and large undertaking. A multi-billion dollar airport project, for instance, may require loans ...
Aid and development
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Official Development Aid into the five countries of the Lower Mekong Basin accounts for just 1% of the world’s total. While Thailand began paying back its ODA debt in 2000, the amount of ODA to the four other countries increased between 2004 and 2013. ...