Policies and Measures to Mitigate Potential Environmental Impacts of Cross Border Infrastructure Projects in Asia

ZhongXiang Zhang

No 261, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of cross-border infrastructure projects. This paper argues that proper technical specifications and well-functioning regulatory, institutional and legislative/legal frameworks with clearer lines of oversight are crucial to getting such projects off the ground in the first place and to ensure that they operate properly and reliably while minimizing their environmental impacts. It is pointed out that many issues in theses areas need to be addressed at the national level. The paper concludes that such domestic efforts, coupled with regional frameworks and arrangements wherever necessary, will promote the further development of cross-border infrastructure projects.

Keywords: asia cross-border infrastructure; environmental impact; asia regional integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q01 Q43 Q48 Q53 Q54 Q56 Q58 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2011-01-10
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