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Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank

6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting (TMM6) 27-29 April 2009, Manila, Philippines. Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank. Sustainable Transport. MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009.

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Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank

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  1. 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting (TMM6) 27-29 April 2009, Manila, Philippines Helping Achieve Seamless, Sustainable and Open Transport System in Asia Xianbin Yao Asian Development Bank

  2. Sustainable Transport MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 • Regional transport system integration to support Asian wide economic development • New Paradigm required to address negative externalities of transport

  3. ADB Vision 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.

  4. RCI map MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 CAREC GMS BIMP-EAGA SASEC

  5. 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) The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Myanmar Land area: 677 thou sq km Population: 57.3 M GDP per capita: US$216 Viet Nam Land area: 331 thou sq km Population: 85.6 M GDP per capita: US$818 Thailand Land area: 513 thou sq km Population: 65.8 M GDP per capita: US$3,738 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 Cambodia Land area: 181 thou sq km Population: 14.5M GDP per capita: US$596 5

  6. GMS Vision MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 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

  7. North South North Eastern Northern Eastern Central North Western East West Southern Southern Coastal

  8. Roads Telecommunications Power Transmission Line Connectivity Facilitating subregional trade and investment 1992 2006 2015 8

  9. GMS key outcomes MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 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

  10. Transport Challenges MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 • 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

  11. ADB Sustainable Transport Initiative (STI) MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 • To align transport investment with emerging challenges, by supporting: • Inclusive Economic Growth • Environmentally Sustainable Growth • Regional Integration

  12. MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009

  13. STI: Making the Change MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 • Diversify operations • Movement of people and goods not vehicles • Regionally integrated transport solutions • Create conditions for change • Policy development • Capacity • Awareness

  14. STI projects MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009

  15. MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 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

  16. MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES 2009 6th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting 27-30 April 2009 Thank you Xianbin Yao Director General Regional and Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank

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