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Title Enhancing ASEAN's connectivity / edited by Sanchita Basu Das
Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 196 pages)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies
Contents I. OVERVIEW; 1. Understanding the MPAC; 2. Current State of ASEAN Infrastructure; 3. Building Greater Connectivity Across ASEAN; II. TRANSPORTATION, TELECOM, ICT AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE; 4. The Development of Logistics Infrastructure in ASEAN: The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan and the Post-AEC Initiative; 5. Challenges for Building Better Transportation Infrastructure Linkages Across ASEAN: Indonesia's Perspectives Towards an Integrated Asian Economic Community; 6. Connecting Southeast Asia through Broadband; 7. The Current State of ICT Systems across ASEAN
8. ASEAN and ICT: A Tale of Two Cities?9. Integration of Energy Infrastructure Towards ASEAN's Connectivity; 10. ASEAN Energy Integration: Interconnected Power and Gas Pipeline Grids; III. IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; 11. Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity ""From Plan to Implementation""; 12. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations; Index
Summary "ASEAN has a goal to create an economic community by 2015. To achieve the goal, connectivity among the member states needs to be given due importance. In 2010, ASEAN adopted the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC), which looked at physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity. It pinned down fifteen priority projects which can potentially transform the ASEAN region, providing the conditions for a single market and production base. But MPAC is an expensive initiative, and funding remains a major challenge. The private sector needs to be actively involved as a number of infrastructure projects identified in the MPAC are lacking substantial investment. This book looks at the current state of ASEAN's physical connectivity and challenges in building better infrastructure. It contains a collection of papers that discuss specific issues pertaining to each kind of physical connectivity transportation infrastructure, telecom connectivity, ICT and energy infrastructure. The book concludes with the steps needed to be taken for implementation of the various plans, and policy recommendations."--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject ASEAN.
SUBJECT ASEAN fast
Subject Transportation and state -- Southeast Asia -- International cooperation
Information technology -- Southeast Asia -- International cooperation
Energy policy -- Southeast Asia -- International cooperation
Power resources -- Southeast Asia -- International cooperation
Energy policy -- International cooperation
Information technology -- International cooperation
Power resources -- International cooperation
Southeast Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Basu Das, Sanchita.
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
LC no. 2013341306
ISBN 9789814414128
9814414123