LEADER 04886nam 2200613 450 001 9910828605503321 005 20230721041845.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000222101 035 $a(EBL)3110869 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000746247 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11411586 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000746247 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861671 035 $a(PQKB)11635081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110869 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00044587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3110869 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10906307 035 $a(OCoLC)922978225 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000222101 100 $a20140828h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInfrastructure for a seamless Asia $ea joint study of the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute 210 1$aMetro Manila, Philippines ;$aTokyo, Japan :$cAsian Development Bank :$cAsian Development Bank Institute,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a4-89974-028-X 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1. Infrastructure Needs and Regional Cooperation""; ""1.1. Scope, Coverage, and Definitions""; ""1.2. Why Regional Infrastructure?""; ""1.3. Framework for Regional Infrastructure Cooperation""; ""1.4. Overview of Asiaa???s Regional Infrastructure Initiatives""; ""1.5. Plan of the Study""; ""2. Supporting Regional Trade and Investment""; ""2.1. Overview of Asiaa???s Infrastructure""; ""2.2. Trends in Asian Trade""; ""2.3. Infrastructure for Trade and Investment"" 327 $a""2.4. Enhancing Regional Energy Trade""""2.5. Toward Greater Trade""; ""3. Harnessing the Benefits of Regional Infrastructure""; ""3.1. Economics of Infrastructure Network""; ""3.2. Empirical Evidence""; ""3.3. Regional Case Studies""; ""3.4. Potential Negative Impacts""; ""3.5. Overall Gains from Pan-Asian Connectivity""; ""3.6. Conclusions""; ""4. Developing Effective Policies and Institutions""; ""4.1. Components of Effective Policies and Institutions""; ""4.2. European and Latin American Experience"" 327 $a""4.3. Asiaa???s Regional Infrastructure Programs: Policies and Institutional Arrangements""""4.4. Addressing the Major Challenges""; ""4.5. Conclusions""; ""5. Financing Regional Infrastructure""; ""5.1. Financing Needs""; ""5.2. Challenges in Financing Regional Infrastructure""; ""5.3. International Experience""; ""5.4. Development of Asian Financial Markets""; ""5.5. Financing Options""; ""5.6. Conclusions""; ""6. Toward a Seamless Asia""; ""6.1. A Framework for Regional Infrastructure Cooperation""; ""6.2. Main Findings and Recommendations""; ""6.3. The Was Forward""; ""Appendix"" 327 $a""References and Bibliography""""Boxes""; ""Box 1.1. What Is Regional Infrastructure?""; ""Box 3.1. Estimating the Benefits of Energy Cooperation in the GMS""; ""Box 3.2. Greening the GMS Transport Corridors""; ""Box 3.3. Methodology for Estimating Overall Gains from Pan-Asian Connectivity""; ""Box 4.1. The Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Agreement""; ""Box 4.2. Pacific Aviation Safety Office""; ""Box 5.1. Theun Hinboun Hydropower Project, the Lao PDR""; ""Box 5.2. Malaysia-Singapore Second Link: Railway""; ""Box 5.3. Perpignana???Figueiras Rail Concession"" 327 $a""Box 5.4. Channel Tunnel Rail Link""""Box 5.5. Islamic Financial Instruments""; ""Figures""; ""Figure 1.1. Asian Highway Network""; ""Figure 1.2. Trans-Asian Railway Network""; ""Figure 2.1. Road Network Indicators by Region, 1996 and 2005""; ""Figure 2.2. Railway Indicators by Region, 1996 and 2005""; ""Figure 2.3. ICT Indicators by Region, 1996 and 2005""; ""Figure 2.4. Electricity Consumption Per Capita, kWh, 1996 and 2005""; ""Figure 2.5. Intraregional Trade Flows in Asia, 2007 (as a percentage of Asiaa???s total trade)""; ""Figure 2.6. International Logistics Performance Index"" 327 $a""Figure 3.1. Gateways and Multimodal Corridors in Southeast Asia"" 606 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zAsia 606 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zAsia$xFinance 606 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zAsia$xFinance$xInternational cooperation 607 $aAsia$xForeign economic relations 615 0$aInfrastructure (Economics) 615 0$aInfrastructure (Economics)$xFinance. 615 0$aInfrastructure (Economics)$xFinance$xInternational cooperation. 676 $a388.095 712 02$aAsian Development Bank Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828605503321 996 $aInfrastructure for a seamless Asia$93963013 997 $aUNINA