To narrow the gap in the levels of development among Member States and to reduce poverty and socio-economic disparities in the region, ASEAN continued to support the implementation and further development of growth areas - Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle (IMS-GT), Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT), and the inter-state areas along the West-East Corridor (WEC) of the Mekong Basin in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and North-eastern Thailand within the ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation scheme.