Enhancing regional cooperation in infrastructure development including that related to disaster management.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : United Nations ESCAP, 2006.Description: xviii, 183 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cmISBN:

9211204666
9789211204667

DDC classification:

330.95 22

Contents:

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- 1.Introduction -- II. Regional cooperation in infrastructure development and financing -- III. Transport infrastructure -- IV. Information and communication technology infrastructure -- V. Energy infrastructure -- VI. Water infrastructure -- VII. Infrastructure development relating to disaster management -- VIII. Enhancing regional cooperation in financing investment -- IX. Conclusion.

Summary: Adequate infrastructure in the four key sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy and water considered in this study is a prerequisite for opening up access to global trade and investment flows, increasing the competitiveness of production and services and thus sustaining the region?s economic growth. The study prepared for the sixty-second session of the Commission (Jakarta, 6-12 April 2006), analyses the role of infrastructure and its socio-economic linkages as well as regional initiatives in creating, maintaining and utilizing infrastructure with a focus on financing such investment. It identities a number of specific options for strengthening regional cooperation in these areas. -- Abstract.

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Prepared under the direction of Ravi Ratnayake and with the work coordinated by Hiren Sarkar.

Includes bibliographical references.

Adequate infrastructure in the four key sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy and water considered in this study is a prerequisite for opening up access to global trade and investment flows, increasing the competitiveness of production and services and thus sustaining the region?s economic growth. The study prepared for the sixty-second session of the Commission (Jakarta, 6-12 April 2006), analyses the role of infrastructure and its socio-economic linkages as well as regional initiatives in creating, maintaining and utilizing infrastructure with a focus on financing such investment. It identities a number of specific options for strengthening regional cooperation in these areas. -- Abstract.

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