Enhancing regional cooperation in infrastructure development including that related to disaster management

This study considers adequate infrastructure in the four key sectors of transport, telecommunications, energy and water. It also addresses minimization of damage inflicted by natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis through physical infrastructure, including early warning systems, which can make a major contribution both to preparedness for disasters and recovery from them. This study also considers the role of, and the win-win situation that can derive from, regional cooperation on this issue.

This study, prepared for the sixty-second session of the Commission (Jakarta, 6-12 April 2006), analyzes the role of infrastructure and its socio-economic linkages as well as regional initiatives in creating, maintaining and utilizing infrastructure with a focus on financing such investment. It identities a number of specific options for strengthening regional cooperation in these areas.