tailieunhanh - Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction

This book addresses the contribution of transport and energy infrastructure to poverty reduction. This is a core issue for ADB and for the other three donors that collaborated in producing this book (DFID, JBIC, and World Bank). The country studies examined this contribution in the People's Republic of China (PRC), India, and Thailand, which (particularly in the case of the PRC and India) are of strategic importance for overall ADB lending, and account for a substantial portion of total ADB lending for transport and energy | Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Cynthia c. Cook Tyrrell Duncan Somchai Jitsuchon Anil Sharma Wu Guobao Asian Development Bank 2005 Asian Development Bank All rights reserved. Published 2005. Printed in the Philippines. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Asian Development Bank Study of the effects of transport and energy infrastructure investments on poverty reduction ISBN 971-561-580-5 Publication Stock No. 040905 Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue 1550 Mandaluyong City Metro Manila Philippines Tel 63 2 632 4444 Fax 63 2 636 2444 information@ The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank or the World Bank or their member governments or those of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation or the United Kingdom Department for International Development. The Asian Development Bank the World Bank the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the United Kingdom Department for International Development do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accept no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Use of the term country does not imply anyjudgment by the authors Asian Development Bank the World Bank the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the United Kingdom Department for International Development as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity. Editing and Typesetting Sara Collins Medina Cover Design and Illustration DoubleSlash Media Inc. Drawings Ryan M. Karaan DoubleSlash Media Inc. Photographs pp. xi 14 46 58 98 103 133 Tyrrell Duncan pp. 49 54 66 85 202 Ian A. Gill All others Eric M. Sales Fulfillment ADB Printing Unit CONTENTS Tables. vi Figures .viii Chapter 1. Background. 1 Chapter 2. Literature Review