Introduction
The development of logistics services and communication technologies has revolutionised production
and distribution processes and created a ‘global’ market. Shippers and consignees require efficient
logistics services that can move their goods to the right place, at the right time, in the right condition,
and at the right price.
The improvement of logistics in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) can provide a foundation for
further economic integration. For some countries in the subregion, inadequate transport infrastructure
and high logistics service costs have constrained economic corridor development and integration. GMS
countries are already investing in major infrastructure projects and more are planned.
Physical connectivity between neighbouring countries will be significantly improved on completion
of these investments in infrastructure. Improved infrastructure, coupled with expanded cross-border
cooperation among the GMS countries, can accelerate the process of integrating the subregion’s
economic corridors into the rest of the world and the global market.
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the GMS cooperation program and its effort to facilitate
the movement of goods, people and vehicles across borders as well as to present an evaluation of the
economic corridors’ logistics performance. Improved border crossings play a key role in enhancing the
logistics performance of the economic corridors under study