Myanmar: The Key Link between South Asia and Southeast Asia

Hector Florento and Maria Isabela Corpuz
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Hector Florento: Asian Development Bank Institute
Maria Isabela Corpuz: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 506, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: This paper examines the road and railway links in Myanmar connecting northeast India on the one side with the rest of Southeast Asia on the other. It also discusses the importance of new deep-sea ports in creating alternative shipping routes, essential for Myanmar's international links. It also reviews the country's external trade patterns, and analyzes issues related to trade facilitation, exchange rate policy, financial sector reform, and private sector development. The extent to which these gaps can be addressed will depend on the costs and benefits. South Asia–Southeast Asia connectivity can only be accomplished if Myanmar improves the hard and soft infrastructure aspects of connectivity.

Keywords: myanmars trade; trade facilitation; cross-border infrastructure; road networks; gms economic corridors; railway networks; ports; Governance; Myanmar; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 H50 L90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014-12-16
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