Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Box -- Abbreviations -- I. Background of the Study -- A. Impact Methodology -- B. Propensity Score Matching -- C. Conclusions -- II. Transport -- A. The Lao People's Democratic Republic -- B. Matching Results -- C. Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China -- D. Thailand -- E. Conclusions -- III. Health -- A. Communicable Disease Control in the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- B. Matching Results -- C. Communicable Disease Control in Cambodia -- D. Communicable Disease Control in Viet Nam -- E. Conclusions -- IV. Tourism -- A. Mekong Tourism Development Project, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- B. Matching Results -- C. Conclusions -- V. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- 1. Thailand: Gravity Model -- 2. Incidence of Dengue in the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Bibliography -- Tables -- 1 Projects Examined -- 2 Income and Expenditure: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 3 Employment Opportunities: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 4 Livelihood Indicators: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 5 Asset and Livestock Ownership: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 6 Time to Access Various Services: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 7 Service Access or Usage: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 8 Income Comparison, North-South Economic Corridor, Yunnan Province -- 9 Income and Debt: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, Thailand -- 10 Types of Expenditure: After Matching, North-South Economic Corridor, Thailand.

11 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices: After Matching, Communicable Disease Control, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 12 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Indicators: Viet Nam -- 13 Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices: After Matching, Communicable Disease Control, Viet Nam -- 14 Expenditure and Income: After Matching, Tourism, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 15 Weighted and Unweighted Difference in Outcomes: Tourism, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- 16 Knowledge, Awareness, Assets, and Living Conditions: After Matching, Tourism, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- A1.1 Regression Results: Gravity Model -- A1.2 Major Export Products North-South Corridor: Random Effects Model -- A1.3 Major Import Products, North-South Corridor: Random Effects Model -- A1.4 Trade Effect from Logistic Cost Reduction -- A2 Dengue Incidence, Fatality and Mortality Rate: Province Level, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2005-2009 -- Figures -- 1 Distribution of Propensity Scores: Whole Sample, North-South Economic Corridor, Thailand -- 2 Distribution of Propensity Scores (Nearest-Neighbor Matching), Mekong Tourism Development Project, the Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Box -- Simple Steps in Propensity Score Matching.