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Lani Garnace Senior Economics Officer, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank
Lani Garnace has over 15 years’ experience in the areas of socioeconomic research, project management, and knowledge management. She supports the regional cooperation and integration initiatives for BIMSTEC and SAARC, processing policy-based loan for Nepal, and other economic research work of SARC. She has a bachelor’s degree in statistics from the University of the Philippines and a master’s degree in public policy from Victoria University of Wellington.
Short- and long-term actions in roads, rail, waterways, maritime, and aviation can enhance transport connectivity and promote integration in the SAARC region.
Involves economic analysis, capturing and enhancing project value, institutional collaboration, and financing through standardized processes and targeted funds.
Promote remote processing of cargo clearances and modernize border facilities to improve intraregional trade in BIMSTEC.
Activating theme-based, cross-border circuits can help BIMSTEC tourism recover from the impacts of COVID-19.