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?

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?

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.

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.