The 40th “GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar” was held on April 5, 2017, on the topic of “Narrowing the Development Gap: the Role of U.S. and Japanese Private Sector Investment in the Mekong”.

The seminar featured Ms. Jocelyn Roberts (Mansfield Fellow), Lower Mekong Initiative Coordinator, Office of Multilateral Affairs, Department of State, as a speaker and  Mr. Toshihiro Kudo, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as a moderator.