Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program: Overview of the Regional Investment Framework 2022

The “Overview of the Regional Investment Framework 2022” was used as meeting document during the recently concluded 6th GMS Summit on 31 March 2018. The Regional Investment Framework 2022 (RIF 2022) is the medium-term pipeline of priority projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). It is a consolidation and expansion of the earlier Regional Investment Framework (2013-2022) and the Revised Regional Investment Framework Implementation Plan (RIF-IP 2014-2020) and continues to operationalize the strategic thrusts and priorities of the GMS Program under the GMS Strategic Framework (2012-2022) and the Hanoi Action Plan 2018-2022 (HAP), which reviewed and refined these strategies. Ultimately, the pipeline comprises 222 investment and technical assistance projects requiring nearly $64 billion in estimated financing, and are expected to commence by 2022. This pipeline will be used (i) as an instrument to have greater alignment between regional and national planning and programming for GMS projects and (ii) as a marketing tool to galvanize new financing for projects.