Download or read book Review of Developments in Transport and Communications in the ESCAP Region 1996 2001 written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 2001 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides a review of progress made in the transport sector in the ESCAP region since 1996. Over this period, the development of roads, railways, shipping, ports, inland waterways and the air transport sector has shown significant though uneven, progress in the region. While the financial crisis of 1977-1998 has to a degree eased the strains on transport infrastructure to meet rapidly rising demand, the increasing scarcity of financial resources appears to have accelerated institutional changes and changes in infrastructure financing.
Download or read book Review of Developments in Transport and Communications in the ESCAP Region 1996 2001 written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication provides a review of progress made in the transport sector in the ESCAP region since 1996. Over this period, the development of roads, railways, shipping, ports, inland waterways and the air transport sector has shown significant though uneven, progress in the region. While the financial crisis of 1977-1998 has to a degree eased the strains on transport infrastructure to meet rapidly rising demand, the increasing scarcity of financial resources appears to have accelerated institutional changes and changes in infrastructure financing.
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Download or read book Regional Integration in South Asia What Role for Trade Facilitation written by Tsunehiro Otsuki and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The trade performance of countries in South Asia over the past two decades has been poor relative to other regions. Exports from South Asia have doubled over the past 20 years to approximately USD 100 billion. In contrast, East Asia's exports grew ten times over the same period. The low level of intraregional trade has contributed to weak export performance in South Asia. The empirical analysis in this paper demonstrates gains to trade in the region from reform and capacity building in trade facilitation at the regional level. When considering intraregional trade, if countries in South Asia raise capacity halfway to East Asia's average, trade is estimated to rise by USD 2.6 billion. This is approximately 60 percent of the total intraregional trade in South Asia. Countries in the region also have a stake in the success of efforts to promote capacity building outside its borders. If South Asia and the rest of the world were to raise their levels of trade facilitation halfway to the East Asian average, the gains to the region would be estimated at USD 36 billion. Out of those gains, about 87 percent of the total would be generated from South Asia's own efforts (leaving the rest of the world unchanged). In summary, we find that the South Asian region's expansion of trade can be substantially advanced with programs of concrete action to address barriers to trade facilitation to advance regional goals.
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Download or read book Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia written by J. Kidd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a feeling that Asia is at a crossroad, and is facing a new crisis. The earlier crisis of 1997/98 showed that effective systems were missing. Afterwards governments, foreign investors and foreign managers initiated more holistic infrastructures, but corruption, poorly connecting systems, and a lack of transparent management have ensured that these are under performing. In this book well-informed authors offer insights on Asia's political, educational and physical infrastructures, and indicate the routes leading to better integrated futures.
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Download or read book Review of Developments in Transport in the ESCAP Region 2003 written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Meeting the Challenges in an Era of Globalization by Strengthening Regional Development Cooperation written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by UN. This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the current state of regional co-operation in the Asia-Pacific region, and the development policy challenges involved in managing the effects of increasing globalisation. It focuses on four key areas of trade, finance, transport and information and communications technology (ICT). Issues discussed include: whether the EU can provide an integration model for the region; regional co-operation arrangements such as ASEAN and SAARC; as well as a number of recent initiatives including the growing array of preferential trade agreements, the Asian Bond Market proposals; the Digital Solidarity Agenda; the Asian Highway; and the Trans-Asian railway.
Download or read book Enhancing Regional Cooperation in Infrastructure Development Including that Related to Disaster Management written by Hiren Sarkar and published by UN. This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Estonia Air Force Handbook
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Download or read book Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
