Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) ~ USM Worldwide

The Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) is a classic growth triangle drawing upon strong economic complementarities, geographical proximity, and close historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

Subregional cooperation under IMT-GT is an initiative by the governments of the IMT countries to accelerate economic development in less developed provinces. It began in 1993, and has since grown to include 32 provinces and states, with population exceeding 70 million.

ADB is a Development Partner of IMT-GT since 2007. IMT-GT is distinct from the other regional cooperation initiatives supported by ADB in important ways:

it is a grouping of sub-national entities;
the cooperation is private-sector led; and,
only 1 of the 3 national borders is land-based, the others are nautical boundaries.

UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING

Introduction

What should be the purpose of international cooperation in the field of adult learning? A major thrust of the conference was to shift the emphasis in international cooperation from assistance to one of partnership, participation, networking, and mutuality. The participants in the workshop stressed that these concepts, which are central to adult learning, need to be taken all the more seriously at a time of increasing economic globalisation and accelerating development in the field of information and communications. Like many other conferences, CONFINTEA V proposed the strengthening of international cooperation in adult learning. However, unlike previous conferences, it ensured that international cooperation did not mean simply cooperation between governments, nor the dominance of the North over the South. Care was taken to include NGOs in the process and to maintain a balance of regional interests through a series of preliminary regional meetings.

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