East Coast Economic Corridor: ADB Support to India's First Coastal Corridor Read more about East Coast Economic Corridor: ADB Support to India's First Coastal Corridor Learn how sound knowledge work, in consultation with the government, has given rise to a new partnership on the development of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) in 2014 between ADB and the Government of India. ECEC’s vision is to unlock the potential of Indian manufacturing.
Kavita Iyengar Keywords economic corridor regional cooperation and integration Read more about Kavita Iyengar Kavita Iyengar is Country Economist at ADB’s Timor-Leste Resident Mission. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Clark University, Worcester, MA. She has varied international experience in the areas of teaching, environment, and publishing before she joined ADB’s India Country Office in 2008.
Thailand’s Automotive Manufacturing Corridor Read more about Thailand’s Automotive Manufacturing Corridor Strategy 2020 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes the need for Asia and the Pacific to pursue “open regionalism,” keeping trade and investment links open with the rest of the world.1 ADB’s Strategy 2020 also aims to increase regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in all operational areas, and increase assistance for RCI to at least 30% of total activities by 2020.
Country Studies on Economic Corridor Development and a Background Paper on the Future of RCI in Asia and the Pacific Read more about Country Studies on Economic Corridor Development and a Background Paper on the Future of RCI in Asia and the Pacific The RCI-TG Secretariat held a final workshop to discuss two country studies on Economic Corridor Development and a background Paper on The Future of RCI in Asia and the Pacific. The workshop aimed to solicit comments on the country studies and discuss the proposed coverage of the background and synthesis paper.
Session Video - Urban Development and Regional Cooperation and Integration: Where is the Interface? Read more about Session Video - Urban Development and Regional Cooperation and Integration: Where is the Interface? Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Pradeep Srivastava, in this presentation, provides a brief overview of regional cooperation and integration (RCI). He highlights the importance of recognizing space in regional cooperation, which produces a different type of RCI. The applications that have become the interface between ADB’s work on urban development and RCI are discussed.
Urban Development and Regional Cooperation and Integration: Where is the Interface? Read more about Urban Development and Regional Cooperation and Integration: Where is the Interface? In this knowledge sharing session, Pradeep Srivastava of Asian Development Bank (ADB), discussed the applications of the new spatial regional cooperation and integration (RCI) framework to urbanization in developing countries. The framework expands the intersection of urban development and RCI operations beyond the usual economic corridors and towns on ADB-supported transport spines.
Policy Lessons from the Bangkok Meeting Read more about Policy Lessons from the Bangkok Meeting Policy questions require multiple models at a variety of scales. There is a need to adopt a policy decision tool that is integrated into the organizational workflow, and an action plan that will make it possible to do so.
How to Make Economic Corridors Work in Asia Read more about How to Make Economic Corridors Work in Asia This seminar presented a summary of findings from the international expert workshop on Modeling Approach to Economic Corridors held on 16 to 17 May 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. It featured discussions on the workshop outcomes, which included lessons learned from different subregional programs (European Union, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation); framework for evaluating alternative investments for economic corridor development; data requirements and specifications for an optimal data resource management system, and; opportunities for applying the framework.