Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting.

Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in AsiaXianbin YaoAsian Development Bank

6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting (TMM6) 27-29 April 2009, Manila, Philippines

Regional transport system integration to support Asian wide economic development New Paradigm required to address negative externalities of transport

Sustainable Transport

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009

6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009

“An Asia and Pacific Region Free of Poverty”

ADB’s mission is to help its DMCs reduce poverty and improve living conditions and quality of life.

ADB Vision



RCI map



GMS

CAREC

SASEC

BIMP-EAGA

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Thailand

Land area: 513 thou sq km

Population: 65.8 M

GDP per capita: US$3,738

Cambodia


Population: 14.5M

GDP per capita: US$596

Myanmar


Population: 57.3 M


People’s Republic of China


Population: 94.8 M


(figures for Yunnan and Guangxi only)

Viet Nam


Population: 85.6 M


Lao PDR


Population: 5.9 M

GDP per capita: US$673The GMS in 2007

Land area: 2.6 M sq km

Population: 324 M


The Greater Mekong Subregion The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)(GMS)

GMS Vision



A well-built, well-maintained, multimodal GMS transport network that

contributes significantly to fully “connecting” the GMS countries with

each other and with other regions-

GMS Leaders’ Kunming Declaration

Northern

Eastern

Southern

East West

Southern Coastal

North Western

North South

Central

North Eastern

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Connectivity

Facilitating subregional trade and

investment

Roads

Telecommunications

Power Transmission Line

GMS key outcomes



Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City Highway Travel time and cost savings Bilateral trade up 40% Border crossings up 50% Special border economic zones creating jobs

East-West Transport Corridor Travel time and cost savings FDI: US$18M to US$200M Improved access to schools and safe water Poverty down by 35% in Savannakhet

Congestion 2% - 5% of Asian GDP Poor road safety 2% - 5% of Asian GDP Energy use ~ 30% of World energy Fuel security - US$50-150/barrel Air pollution - respiratory health cost CO2 ~ 30% from transport sector

Transport Challenges



ADB Sustainable Transport Initiative (STI)



To align transport investment with emerging challenges, by supporting:

Inclusive Economic Growth Environmentally Sustainable Growth Regional Integration



AVOID

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTINITIATIVE

SHIFT IMPROVE

Avoid the need for travel

Shift to more efficient transport modes

Improve fuel and vehicle technologies

Diversify operations Movement of people and goods not vehicles Regionally integrated transport solutions Create conditions for change

Policy development Capacity Awareness

STI: Making the Change



STI projects



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“Our Sustainable Transport Initiative will make more cities more ‘people-

friendly’ and advance climate change mitigation objectives.”

Haruhiko KurodaPresident, Asian Development Bank

2009 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit



Thank you

Xianbin Yao

Director General Regional and Sustainable Development

DepartmentAsian Development Bank

Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting.

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