Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Background -- Role and Objectives of the Economic Corridor Approach -- Need for Strategy and Action Plan -- Scope -- The Southern Economic Corridor -- Composition -- Configuration -- Possible Extensions -- Overview of Southern Economic Corridor Areas -- Population and Land Area -- Natural Resources -- Labor Force and Employment -- Income Level and Economic Structure -- Cross-Border Trade -- Foreign Direct Investment -- Tourism -- Infrastructure -- Development Potential and Opportunities -- Overview -- Comparative Advantages and Complementarities -- Investment Opportunities -- Opportunities for Cooperation -- Challenges and Constraints -- Impediments and Constraints -- Key Challenges -- Strategy for Southern Economic Corridor Development -- Development Vision, Goals, and Objectives -- Guiding Principles and Approaches -- Measures to Achieve Objectives -- Geographic Focus of Strategy -- Implementing the Strategy -- Action Plan -- Institutional Mechanisms and Arrangements -- Financing -- Monitoring, Evaluating, and Updating the Strategy and Action Plan -- Southern Economic Corridor Action Plan Matrix -- Appendix A: Basic Information on the Southern Economic Corridor National Components -- Cambodia -- Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Thailand -- Viet Nam -- Appendix B: Key Goals of National Development Plans and the Role of Southern Economic Corridor Development -- Appendix C: Tasks of Key Greater Mekong Subregion Institutions in Southern Economic Corridor Development -- Greater Mekong Subregion Institutions -- Terms of Reference of the Economic Corridors Forum -- Terms of Reference of the Governors Forum -- Appendix D: Cost Estimates of Programs and Projects in the Southern Economic Corridor Action Plan -- Bibliography -- Tables and Figures -- Tables.

Table 1: Distances between Major Points in the Southern Economic Corridor -- Table 2: Population in the Southern Economic Corridor -- Table 3: Incidence of Poverty in Southern Economic Corridor Areas -- Table 4: Unemployment Rates in Southern Economic Corridor Areas -- Table 5: Per Capita Gross Provincial Product in Southern Economic Corridor Areas -- Table 6: Summary of Southern Economic Corridor Action Plan -- Table 7: Financing the Southern Economic Corridor Strategy and Action Plan -- Table 8: Proposed Initial Set of Indicators -- Figures -- Figure 1: Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Corridors -- Figure 2: Southern Economic Corridor -- Figure 3: Population and Land Area of Southern Economic Corridor National Components as Percentage of Total Southern Economic Corridor -- Figure 4: Population and Land Area of Southern Economic Corridor National Components as Percentage of Country -- Figure 5: Southern Economic Corridor Cross-Border Trade, 2007 -- Figure 6: Status of Southern Economic Corridor Roads -- Figure 7: Southern Economic Corridor Strategy and Action Plan at a Glance -- Figure 8: Border Nodes in the Southern Economic Corridor -- Figure 9: Greater Mekong Subregion Organizational Framework -- Figure 10: Funding Requirements of the Southern Economic Corridor Strategy and Action Plan.