GMS - Phnom Penh Plan for Development Management

Research Workshop

Provisional Program of Activities

9 September 2009
Plaza Hall, First Floor (Mezzanine Floor), Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR

0845-0900 Registration of Participants

0900-1030 Kick-off Research Team Meeting with Advisors (Part 1)

1000-1030 Tea/Coffee Break

1030-1200 Kick-off Research Team Meeting with Advisors (Part 2)

1200-1400 Lunch Break

10 September 2009
ADB Lao Resident Mission, Vientiane, Lao PDR

1400-1410 Opening Remarks

Mr. Arjun Thapan, Director General, SERD, ADB

1410-1420 Overview of the Research Workshop

Mr. Alfredo Perdiguero, Senior Economist, SERD

1420-1500 Research Proposal Presentation 1:

Improving Management Policies for Cross-Border Contract Farming Between
China, Thailand and Laos
Ubon Ratchatani University, Thailand (Lead Research Institute)

1500-1530 Comments and Open Discussion

1530-1550 Tea/Coffee Break

1550-1630 Research Proposal Presentation 2:

Increasing Female Labor Quality in Border-gate areas of Viet Nam and
Implications for GMS countries
Institute of World Economics and Politics, Viet Nam (Lead Research Institute)

1630-1700 Comments and Open Discussion

1830-2100 Welcome Dinner

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10 September 2009
ADB Lao Resident Mission, Vientiane, Lao PDR

0900-0940 Research Proposal Presentation 3:

Policies for Investment in China Cross-border Economic Zones Development:
Incentives Effects and Re-design
Yunnan University, People’s Republic of China (Lead Research Institute)

0940-1010 Comments and Open Discussion

1010-1030 Tea/Coffee Break

1030-1110 Research Proposal Presentation 4:

Facilitation of Cross-border Trade through the Improvement of
Financial Services in the Border Gate areas of Viet Nam
and its implications for the GMS countries
College of Economics, Viet Nam National University (Lead Research Institute)

1110-1140 Comments and Open Discussion

1140-1330 Lunch Break

1330-1500 Research Team Meeting (Part 1)

1500-1530 Tea/Coffee Break

1530-1700 Research Team Meeting (Part 2)