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 Peoples 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....
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Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Assessing the Impact ofTransport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Cynthia C. Cook Tyrrell Duncan Somchai Jitsuchon Anil Sharma Wu Guobao iii© 2005 Asian Development BankAll rights reserved. Published 2005.Printed in the Philippines.Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication DataAsian Development Bank Study of the effects of transport and energy infrastructure investments on poverty reductionISBN: 971-561-580-5Publication Stock No. 040905Asian Development Bank6 ADB Avenue,1550 Mandaluyong City, Metro ManilaPhilippinesTel: + 63 2 632 4444Fax: + 63 2 636 2444information@adb.orgThe views expressed in this book are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AsianDevelopment Bank or the World Bank or their membergovernments, or those of the Japan Bank for InternationalCooperation or the United Kingdom Department forInternational Development.The Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the JapanBank for International Cooperation, and the United KingdomDepartment for International Development do not guaranteethe accuracy of the data included in this publication and acceptno responsibility for any consequence of their use.Use of the term “country” does not imply any judgment by theauthors, Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the JapanBank for International Cooperation, and the United KingdomDepartment for International Development as to the legal orother status of any territorial entity.Editing and Typesetting: Sara Collins MedinaCover 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. SalesFulfillment: ADB Printing Unitiv CONTENTSTables ....................................................................................................................................................... viFigures ........................................................................................................................ ........................... viiiBoxes ....................................................................................................................................................... viiiAbbreviations .................................................................................................................. .......................... xAcknowledgments .................................................................................................................................. xiiiForeword .................................................................................................................................................. xvSummary ............................................................................................................................................... xviiChapter 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 2Chapter 2. Literature Review Synopsis ................................................................................................. 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................... ...... 7 Poverty ........................................................................................................................ .......... 7 Transport ............................................................................................................................ 10 Energy ................................................................................................................................ 15 Transport and Energy ........................................................................................................ 18Chapter 3. Project Review .................................................................................................................... 23 Asian Development Bank Projects .................................................................................... 23 World Bank Projects ..................................................................................... ...