This book addresses the prospects and challenges concerning both soft and hard infrastructure development in Asia and … provides a framework for achieving Asian connectivity through regional infrastructure cooperation towards a seamless Asia. Key … topics included are: demand estimates of national and regional infrastructure in transport, electricity, information and …

Infrastructure and trade in Asia : an overview / Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon -- A framework for considering …Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is … of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and …

perspective on the omnipresent infrastructure systems that support our economy and structure our way of living. This fascinating … waste paper, syngas infrastructure design, and e-government projects. The book discusses the feasibility of temporary … the accepted model of infrastructure development. …

pt. I. Hard infrastructure and financing -- pt. II. Soft infrastructure and impacts -- pt. III. National strategies for …This book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can … benefit both regions. With a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process, it …

pt. 1. Generic aspects of infrastructure liberalization -- pt. 2. Sector studies -- pt. 3. Country and regional studies …

Contents: 1. Infrastructure provision -- 2. Why is infrastructure of such significance? -- 3. The evolution of … infrastructure services -- 4. The promise of public private partnerships -- 5. Implementing a partnership agenda -- 6. Risk analysis … in procurement -- 7. Comparing public infrastructure procurement models -- 8. Choosing amongst infrastructure procurement …

Contents: 1. Who owns, runs and pays for city infrastructure? -- 2. Financialising city infrastructure and governance … -- 3. Towards city statecraft -- 4. City infrastructure provision and geographical inequalities in the UK's centralised …, owning, and acquiring city infrastructure assets -- 7. Fixing urban infrastructure in the London global city …

The centre of global economic activity is shifting rapidly towards Asia, driven by a combination of the economic … and rising global prominence has raised a range of major challenges for Asia and for the rest of the world. This …

This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs …1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications … for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of …