The principal URL goes to the main text. The appendices are accessble from the RCSP page, given by OBL as an alternate URL.... "The Regional Economic Cooperation Strategy and Program (RCSP) is a road map to guide ADB?s regional operations in the Mekong Region... Consistent with ADB?s overarching goal of poverty reduction, the RCSP aims to reduce poverty in the region. To achieve this, it defines a five-year strategy supported initially by a 3-year program of assistance... The strategy was approved in March and presented to the ADB?s Board of Directors. It was prepared through consultations with governments, NGOs and civil society. Earlier drafts of the RCSP were presented to GMS governments in December 2003. In January 2004, a draft was circulated to NGOs. It was discussed at a Tripartite Meeting in Bangkok on 27-28 January where NGOs, GMS governments, and ADB attended. Read the executive summary. We welcome public comments on the present, revised draft, which incorporates ongoing consultations. The RCSP will be updated regularly through continuous consultations with stakeholders. Contents: Executive Summary; 1. The Mekong People; 2. The Economic Context; 3. GMS - Beyond Borders; 4. GMS: Connectivity, Competitiveness, and Community; 5. Making it Happen: The GMS Strategy; 6. ADB?s Program for the Greater Mekong Subregion; 7. Towards 2008 - Assessing the Strategy and Potential Risks... Appendixes: 1. Greater Mekong Subregion Poverty Map; 2. Major Ethnic Groupings; 3. Millennium Development Goals (8 Tables); 4. Economic Indicators (15 tables); 5. Greater Mekong Subregion Principal Programs and Projects; 6. Greater Mekong Subregion Development Assistance Coordination Matrix; 7. Asian Development Bank-Assisted Greater Mekong Subregion Projects; 8. Indicative ADB Program for Greater Mekong Subregion: 2004-2006; 9. Concept Papers for Lending Products: 2004-2006 10. Concept Papers for Nonlending Products: 2004-2006.." T