Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting (TMM6) 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 th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 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 MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009

RCI map MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009 GMS CAREC SASEC BIMP-EAGA

5 Thailand Land area: 513 thou sq km Population: 65.8 M GDP per capita: US$3,738 Cambodia Land area: 181 thou sq km Population: 14.5M GDP per capita: US$596 Myanmar Land area: 677 thou sq km Population: 57.3 M GDP per capita: US$216 People’s Republic of China Land area: 631 thou sq km Population: 94.8 M GDP per capita: US$1,484 (figures for Yunnan and Guangxi only) Viet Nam Land area: 331 thou sq km Population: 85.6 M GDP per capita: US$818 Lao PDR Land area: 237 thou sq km Population: 5.9 M GDP per capita: US$673 The GMS in 2007 Land area: 2.6 M sq km Population: 324 M GDP per capita: US$1,487 The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

GMS Vision MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009 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

Connectivity Facilitating subregional trade and investment Roads Telecommunications Power Transmission Line

GMS key outcomes MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009 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 MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009

ADB Sustainable Transport Initiative (STI) MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009  To align transport investment with emerging challenges, by supporting:  Inclusive Economic Growth  Environmentally Sustainable Growth  Regional Integration

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 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 MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009

STI projects MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009 “Our Sustainable Transport Initiative will make more cities more ‘people-friendly’ and advance climate change mitigation objectives.” Haruhiko Kuroda President, Asian Development Bank 2009 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting April 2009 Thank you Xianbin Yao Director General Regional and Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank