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As trade is an important driver of growth and infrastructure is a necessity for trade, infrastructure development has a key role to play in economic development. This study aims to quantify the potential benefits of the development of the economic transport corridors, along with the implementation of the Cross-Border Transport Agreement (CBTA) in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and sectoral responses are explored using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) framework.

This is the summary of discussions at the 9th Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-9) and 4th Meeting of the Subregional Energy Forum (SEF-4) in Shenzhen, the Peoples’ Republic of China on 26 to 27 October 2010.

This is the summary of discussions at the Special Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-9A) in Bangkok, Thailand on 14 to 15 December 2010.

This is the summary of proceedings from 16th Semi-Annual Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Environment (WGE-AM 16) held on 25 June 2010, as well as the pre-WGE session on 24 June 2010, in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

The Fourteenth Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum (STF-14) was held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), People’s Republic of China (PRC), on 2-3 December 2010 The Meeting was jointly organized by the Ministry of Transport, PRC; the Department of Transport, GZAR; and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

These were the documents produced under the ADB regional project 41018-012: Facilitating Regional Power Trading and Environmentally Sustainable Development of Electricity Infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

• Main Report (October 2010)
• Appendices (October 2010)
• Executive Summary (October 2010)

The Seventh Meeting of the GMS Working Group on Agriculture was held on 15-16 November 2010 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.