Economic corridors are looking good for Greater Mekong

Published: Oct. 10, 2017, 7:15 a.m.

b'Economic corridors forming around the Greater Mekong Subregion have opened the way to greater development as better infrastructure leads to improved roads and bridges between neighbors.\\n\\nThe corridors are boosting economic growth in the GMS, and promoting intraregional trade and investment for Cambodia, Lao People\\u2019s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Thailand, and Yunnan Province and the Guanxi Autonomous Region in the People\\u2019s Republic of China.\\n\\nQuestions remain about the net benefits after the high cost of infrastructure; how evenly the benefits are spread; and how border security can be maintained in the face of trafficking of people, drugs, timber, wildlife, weapons, and black market goods.\\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttp://bit.ly/2xvHJ2l\\n\\nRead the working paper\\nhttp://bit.ly/2y6Etia\\n\\nAbout the author\\nManabu Fujimura, a professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work\\nhttps://bit.ly/2SkWboG'