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Connecting East Asia: A New Framework for Infrastructure

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ISBN: 0-8213-6162-7
Pub. Date: 2005
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This study provides suggestions on a "new framework" for infrastructure development in East Asia.

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Contents

Countries Covered by this Study

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Executive Summary [ PDF: 827KB | 59 pages ]

  1. The Infrastructure Challenge
    2. The Economic Story
    The Spatial and Demographic Story
    The Environmental Story
    The Political Story
    The Funding Story
    Annex 1: Estimation of Infrastructure Needs

  2. Inclusive Development
    3. Development, Inclusiveness, and Infrastructure
    What is so Different about Infrastructure anyway?
    Connecting Growth, Poverty Reduction, and Investment through Infrastructure
    Making the Links: Infrastructure, Trade, and Logistics
    Focu on Viet Nam: Infrastructure and Inclusive Development

  3. Coordination
    4. Infrastructure is Hard to Do
    The "High-Flying Geese" Theory of Infrastructure
    Coordinating Infrastructure Levels
    Coordinating Infrastructure through Subnational Government
    Coordinating Urban Infrastructure
    The Geese Catching Up: Four Snapshots
    From Coordination to Accountabilty and Risk Management
    Spotlight 1: Coordination and a Tale of Three Cities: Mass Rapid Transit in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila

  4. Accountabilty and Risk Management
    5. When Accountabilty and Risk Management Fail
    Mechanisms to Strengthen Accountabilty
    Risk-sharing, Accountabilty, and Managing Government Support
    Concluding Remarks
    Spotlight 2: Learning How to Share Risk: The Case of Partnerships Victoria
    Spotlight 3: Consumer Participation, Regulators, and Accountabilty

  5. The Way Forward
    6. Spotlight 4: The Way Forward in Indonesia and the Philippines

Appendix A Statistical Annex: Infrastructure Indicators

Notes

Bibliography

Index