This article reviews the book Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity edited by Bhattacharyay, Kawai and Nag (2012). This … book is the second publication coordinated by the ADB and the ADB Institute focusing on infrastructure and connectivity in … Asian countries. This book looks at regional (across border) infrastructure that is needed to facilitate growth and …

assistance programs were mainly allocated in the form of loans for economic infrastructure projects. This orientation attests … location choice even though other profit-maximising factors such as agglomeration effects or the quality of infrastructure had … importance of a complementary process in which foreign aid is directed towards the development of infrastructure, acting as a pre …

This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure investment on tax revenues and on the economy of the region. In 1991 …

infrastructure and the neglect of human capabilities, in contrast with the Asian approach of simultaneous pursuit of economic growth …

cooperation between the four partner countries - Australia, India, Japan and the United States - in tackling urgent challenges in …

The paper deals with the interplay of major international infrastructure initiatives, in particular China’s Belt and … Road Initiative, Japan’s Partnership for Quality Infrastructure and the EU strategy on “Connecting Europe and Asia”. Their … China’s initiative at first followed a “low-price” strategy, Japan reacted with a “quality infrastructure” approach, also …