As part of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Project 'Sustaining Equitable Economic Development in ASEAN: Narrowing Income Gaps of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) Countries' a training session covering Agricultural Reforms and Productivity in CLMV Countries was held in Suzhou, China last September.The training program was organised by the ADBI, Tokyo and the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC) in Shanghai. This presentation is from the session that covered key issues related to Infrastructure and Agricultural Productivity in Asia: Issues and Policy Options. Dr. Richard Vokes, a Senior Advisor for ACI, gave this presentation.