Infrastructure in place for GMS economic corridors: ADB

9 August 2014
The Nation
Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Government / Infrastructure / International relations / Labor / Multilateral development assistance / Rivers and lakes / Transport and shipping / Transport and shipping policy and administration / Transport infrastructure and facilities / Water resources
ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Bindu Lohani / Cambodia / Chinese aid / ECF / GMS Economic Corridors Forum / Greater Mekong Subregion / Hanoi / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Yunnan Province

Most of the infrastructure required for enhanced connectivity in the Greater Mekong Subregion has been put in place, particularly the transport links that form the base of the envisaged economic corridors, Bindu Lohani, vice president of the Asian Development Bank, said yesterday. He made the remark at the sixth GMS Economic Corridors Forum (ECF), held in Hanoi. He added that the crucial question now was how to ensure that these infrastructure links yield their intended benefits in terms of increased trade flows, investment activity, industrial growth, employment, and incomes. …

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