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Reaching across the Mekong: local socioeconomic and gender effects of Lao-Thai crossborder linkages
Die Errungenschaften jenseits des Mekong: lokale sozioökonomische und Gender-Effekte der grenzüberschreitenden Verbindungen zwischen Laos und Thailand
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Abstract Following trade agreements between ASEAN states, the expansion of cross-border roads and bridges between Laos and Thailand has linked local communities and distant markets in increasingly diverse ways. Although the planned impacts of such integration are expected to be beneficial, effects on the gro... view more
Following trade agreements between ASEAN states, the expansion of cross-border roads and bridges between Laos and Thailand has linked local communities and distant markets in increasingly diverse ways. Although the planned impacts of such integration are expected to be beneficial, effects on the ground vary, as witnessed at a sleepy outpost in Xayabury and a more vibrant crossing in Savannakhet. This paper discusses first the physical setting of such border facilities, and then explores their actual local effects on traders’ activities, highlighting changes in gender roles and perceptions of entrepreneurial competition participated in by women in the two research sites.... view less
Keywords
economic development (on national level); Laos; gender; cross-border cooperation; gender role; woman; border region; Thailand; Southeast Asia; socioeconomic development; gender-specific factors; developing country
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Political Economy
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
economic development; economic geography; gender issues; Greater Mekong Subregion; GMS; frontier trade; female entrepreneurs; regional development; 2000-2010; entrepreneurs
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 3-25
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 30 (2011) 3
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works