Series: Learnings for Economics and Policy (LEAP) Series
LEAP 4: From Battlefield to Marketplace: Connectivity, Industrialization, and Spatial Convergence in the GMS
18 May 2021

ERCD and SERD organized the fourth LEAP webinar in which the ADB Chief Economist presented the results of a study on the impact of infrastructure investments in the economic corridors of the Greater Mekong Subregion, using satellite images. These investments unleashed market potential, facilitated industrial transformation, and developed peripheral cities. SERC’s Alfredo Perdiguero moderated the discussion.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Presentations Economic Corridors in the GMS
The moderator presented an overview of the GMS program and internally and externally Integrated GMS Economic Corridors.
Alfredo Perdiguero
Presentations From Battlefield to Marketplace: Connectivity, Industrialization, and Spatial Convergence in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region
This presentation gives an overview of ADB's economic study on GMS' impacts on different sectors.
Yasuyuki Sawada

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Dulce Zara

ADB Organizer/s

  • Southeast Asia Department
  • Economic Research and Development Impact Department

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Topics

  • Economics