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abstract:

While there has been a wide range of regional cooperation programs implemented in the dynamically growing, geopolitically important Mekong region, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) economic cooperation program conceptualized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has won particular praise as being the most successful. Here a key person from the ADB who worked on implementing the GMS concept on the ground in the Mekong area tells us about the knowledge required to launch the GMS economic area, implement the project and guide it to success, as well as what the future holds for the GMS.

Speakers’ Profile:

1937       Born in Shizuoka pref.

1960       Graduated from Gakushuin University (Faculty of Economics)

1961-63   Study abroad in the USA

1963       Export-Import Bank of Japan

1970       Asian Development Bank

1997-     After retirement of Asian Development Bank, Advisor to Government of Nepal (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Lumbini Development Trust, King Mahendra Trust), Advisor to Government of Cambodia, Secretary to Asia Wiseman Group, Chairman of the board of Directors, Friend of Preah Vihear Association Japan