Flagship Study

ADBI has recently launched a flagship study on Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation. The objective of this study is to examine the key issues and challenges facing infrastructure in Asia in its ongoing efforts to support regional cooperation.

The four broad themes are:

1. trade and logistics;
2. institutions, regulations, and policy;
3. financing; and
4. transnational issues.

The study will focus on both software and hardware issues affecting infrastructure, especially when transnational cooperation is required. It will also attempt to outline what the region needs to do in terms of policies and best practices to meet these challenges and address these issues so essential to achieve inclusive growth. The study will be completed in early 2009.