Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration

© 2019 Victoria University of Wellington and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd In the Mekong Region, the Asian Development Bank and partners have promoted economic corridors as a way to achieve regional economic integration and growth. This study evaluates how a transboundary policy narrative o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louis Lebel, Boripat Lebel
Format: Journal
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85074055213&origin=inward
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68103
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Chiang Mai University
id th-cmuir.6653943832-68103
record_format dspace
spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-681032020-04-02T15:19:59Z Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration Louis Lebel Boripat Lebel Social Sciences © 2019 Victoria University of Wellington and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd In the Mekong Region, the Asian Development Bank and partners have promoted economic corridors as a way to achieve regional economic integration and growth. This study evaluates how a transboundary policy narrative of shared prosperity around the East–West Economic Corridor programme emerged, and then how it was elaborated and used, taking a set of border policies of the government of Thailand as cases. For two decades the shared prosperity narrative has been used by a coalition of elite actors to support a programme of investments in road infrastructure, as well as to push for agreements on trade, border logistics, investment and tourism. The shared prosperity narrative has helped maintain support for the programme despite its failures to meet projections and expectations. Although criticised by civil society and experts from time to time, no coherent shared counter-narrative emerged. Policy elites in Thailand have used the transboundary narrative to justify investments in special economic zones, and transport infrastructure near the border and inside neighbouring countries. Thailand has also reproduced the narrative in support of efforts to bolster tourism cooperation, and negotiate cross-border trade and logistics agreements. Roads and bridges have been built, underlining how discursive practices have material consequences and reinforce the narrative. 2020-04-02T15:19:59Z 2020-04-02T15:19:59Z 2019-12-01 Journal 14678373 13607456 2-s2.0-85074055213 10.1111/apv.12226 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85074055213&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68103
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Social Sciences
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Louis Lebel
Boripat Lebel
Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
description © 2019 Victoria University of Wellington and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd In the Mekong Region, the Asian Development Bank and partners have promoted economic corridors as a way to achieve regional economic integration and growth. This study evaluates how a transboundary policy narrative of shared prosperity around the East–West Economic Corridor programme emerged, and then how it was elaborated and used, taking a set of border policies of the government of Thailand as cases. For two decades the shared prosperity narrative has been used by a coalition of elite actors to support a programme of investments in road infrastructure, as well as to push for agreements on trade, border logistics, investment and tourism. The shared prosperity narrative has helped maintain support for the programme despite its failures to meet projections and expectations. Although criticised by civil society and experts from time to time, no coherent shared counter-narrative emerged. Policy elites in Thailand have used the transboundary narrative to justify investments in special economic zones, and transport infrastructure near the border and inside neighbouring countries. Thailand has also reproduced the narrative in support of efforts to bolster tourism cooperation, and negotiate cross-border trade and logistics agreements. Roads and bridges have been built, underlining how discursive practices have material consequences and reinforce the narrative.
format Journal
author Louis Lebel
Boripat Lebel
author_facet Louis Lebel
Boripat Lebel
author_sort Louis Lebel
title Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
title_short Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
title_full Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
title_fullStr Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
title_full_unstemmed Road to shared prosperity: The elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
title_sort road to shared prosperity: the elaboration and influence of a transboundary policy narrative for regional economic integration
publishDate 2020
url https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85074055213&origin=inward
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68103
_version_ 1681426758395494400