Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture Workshop on Agricultural Investment & Cooperation in the GMS: Challenges and Opportunities for Agribusiness Joint Ventures and Cooperative Activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Asian Development Bank | November 2003
Abstract
It is inevitable that the expansion of trade and investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will have significant impacts on the social, economic, and environmental landscape of the region. Spurred on by globalisation and the dynamics of economic growth generated by export-oriented industrial expansion,1 the GMS countries2 can expect to experience mounting pressure — both external and internal — to accelerate trade liberalization and economic integration. In response, as a first step, and simultaneously in an effort to provide access to what have long been the most remote areas of the GMS, significant public investment has been made in infrastructure, with more being planned. To encourage sustainable development of human and natural resources and to maximize economic opportunities, GMS governments are expanding and upgrading transport and telecommunications infrastructure. This investment will strengthen intra-regional links, provide increased market access, and create new employment and income generating opportunities in the poorest regions of GMS member countries.
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Asian Development Bank. 2003. Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture Workshop on Agricultural Investment & Cooperation in the GMS: Challenges and Opportunities for Agribusiness Joint Ventures and Cooperative Activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2960. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Transport
Transportation
Trade
Trade Facilitation
Trade Potential
Trade Development
Trade Agreements
Regional Trade Integration
Regional Trade
Finance And Trade
Demand For Transport
Road & Highway Transport
Road Transportation Systems
Transport Infrastructure
Economic integration
Economic integration
Energy
Import volume
Export volume
Access to markets
Economic agreements
Trade financing
Regional integration
Vehicle
Land transport
Transport economics
Railways
Infrastructure
Railroads
Roads
Trade routes
Markets
Economic goods
Economic conditions
New agricultural enterprises
Consumer goods
Road transportation
Trucking
Railroads
Roads
Trade routes
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