Chapter 3 ASEAN-India Connectivity: an Indian Perspective
Chapter 3 ASEAN-India Connectivity: An Indian Perspective Prabir De Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India. December 2011 This chapter should be cited as De, P. (2011), ‘ASEAN-India Connectivity: An Indian Perspective’, in Kimura, F. and S. Umezaki (eds.), ASEAN-India Connectivity: The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan, Phase II, ERIA Research Project Report 2010-7, Jakarta: ERIA, pp.95-150. CHAPTER 3. 1 ASEAN-INDIA CONNECTIVITY: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE PRABIR DE Abstract Effective and efficient infrastructure is essential for industrial and services competitiveness. Improved connectivity lowers costs and increases reliability. This is of great importance for industrial transport and thus for production, cost effectiveness and reliability of supply. In absence of adequate connectivity, enormous opportunities generated by the dynamic growth centres of Asia may stop at their international borders. This study discusses challenges and opportunities in physical connectivity between ASEAN and India. It makes some important recommendations for enhancing physical connectivity between them. The study suggests that for the creation of a functional single market in Asia it is necessary to overcome missing links in transport corridors, lack of inter-operability and infrastructure gaps reducing the efficiency and weakening the global competitiveness of the Asian industry. 1 On-behalf of RIS, this study has been prepared by Dr. Prabir De, Fellow, RIS under the ERIA Research Project on ‘ASEAN-India Connectivity: Comprehensive Asia Development Plan, Phase 2’. This study was conducted based on a Terms of Reference (ToR) received from ERIA. Research inputs were provided by Mr. Sanjeev Moholkar, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) India, New Delhi; Dr.
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