The Government of Thailand also encourages Thai
investment in infrastructure, such as the construction of roads
and bridges, in various sub-regional economic cooperation areas
of which Thailand is a member. These sub-regional areas include
the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), the Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMST-EC) and Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya,
Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) (UTCC
2005a).