98.BIMP-EAGA. BIMP-EAGA was established to address the economic and social development of the less developed and more remote areas of the Member States (except for Brunei Darussalam), with initial focus primarily through increased trade, investment, and tourism, and ultimately through economic
diversification beyond resource extraction. In contrast to GMS, BIMP–EAGA is a sub-national growth area which is not contiguous and is significantly less physically connected as it consists mainly of island
economies and trades much more with the rest of the world, usually via national capital ports, than within the sub-region. The BIMP-EAGA has designated two economic corridors in the sub-region; i.e., Western Borneo Economic Corridor (WBEC) and the Greater Sulu Sulawesi Corridor (GSSC), and ADB has approved a technical assistance programme to assess the viability of the two corridors.