With a population of 600 million, ASEAN is considered to be one of the most diverse regions in the world. It is also one of the world's fastest growing regions. ASEAN's aim is to evolve into an integrated economic community by 2015. Crucial to achieving this ambitious target is cooperation in...

Investments in large, long-lived, energy-intensive infrastructure investments using fossil fuels increase longer-term energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, unless the plant is shut down early or undergoes costly retrofit later. These investments will depend on expectations of retrofit costs...

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Economic growth and structural change : the role of infrastructure -- The Hub concept, competitive export, and dynamic cities as drivers of high economic growth -- Infrastructure constraints and investment needs -- Financing...