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024	8		_a10.1596/978-0-8213-6162-7
035			_a(The World Bank)2093
040			_aDJBF _beng _cDJBF _erda
110	2		_aAsian Development Bank. _912111
245	1	0	_aConnecting East Asia : _bA New Framework for Infrastructure
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bThe World Bank, _c2005
300			_a1 online resource (308 pages)
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520	3		_aMuch of East Asia continues to grow rapidly, driven to a considerable extent by China. Urbanization is proceeding at pace. Demand for infrastructure services is increasing massively, particularly in cities. Much of the demand comes from the newly urbanized poor. Infrastructure has to meet their needs, but has also to continue to provide the underpinnings for the region's growth. The complexity of responding to these demands is greater than ever, and the cost of getting things wrong very high. Poorly conceived infrastructure investments today would have a huge environmental, economic, and social impact - and be very costly to fix later. Neglecting the infrastructure needs of people remaining in poor parts of East Asia - particularly in rural areas, and in isolated countries of the region; and failing to include them in growth, would also be costly, in human and political terms. This study is about East Asia, and it's about infrastructure. It's about poverty and growth, and it's about transport, water, sanitation, power, and telecommunications - both the infrastructure, and the infrastructure services. Infrastructure is only one part of the development challenge, but its impacts are among the most important. Connecting East Asia looks at the role that infrastructure has played in supporting East Asia's growth and looks ahead at what the challenges are for the future, and how to approach them.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aBanks and Banking Reform _912112
650		4	_aEnvironment _912113
650		4	_aEnvironmental Economics and Policies _912114
650		4	_aInfrastructure Economics _912115
650		4	_aInfrastructure Economics and Finance _912116
650		4	_aPublic finance _912117
650		4	_aTransport _912118
650		4	_aTransport Economics, Policy and Planning _912119
710	2		_aAsian Development Bank. _912111
710	2		_aJapan Bank for International Cooperation. _912120
710	2		_aWorld Bank. _912121
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9780821361627
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library. _912122
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-6162-7
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