In Asia, JICA and the ADB are building capacity for enhancing cross-border transport and trade across the Great Mekong sub-region corridor. The programme builds on progress already made through the Cross Border Transport Facilitation Agreement. By laying the ground for faster, easier, cheaper, compliant, and more inclusive cross-border transport and trade, it is expected to make a significant contribution to the ASEAN Economic Community ({OECD-WTO aid-for-trade monitoring exercise2017, Public sector case story 124).