Infrastructure for a Seamless Asia

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 Asia's Regional Infrastructure Initiatives -- 1.5. Plan of the Study -- 2. Supporting Regional Trade and Investment -- 2.1. Overview of Asia's Infrastructure -- 2.2. Trends in Asian Trade -- 2.3. Infrastructure for Trade and Investment -- 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 -- 4.3. Asia'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 -- 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