印度港口分析.pptVIP

 Region’s Tryst with Destiny Region’s Resurgence A global economic powerhouse GDP: US$ 9.4 trillion 60% of world population 30% of world exports 12 of world’s 20 mega cities More than 45 of world’s top 100 container ports World’s manufacturing workshop for myriad consumer goods Some of its economies recording world’s highest growth rates All-time high foreign exchange reserves These are the best of times. For Asia-Pacific, times are propitious. Inexorable global thrust transforms economic and social architecture of the region. Dynamics of Development today demand a different mindset Globalization implies unimpeded, free flow of goods and people Region will thus need to address towards integrated intermodal transport network Globalization and internationalization of economic activity is increasingly market-driven Market recognizes no borders and respects no nationalities contd… Historical Handicaps With a colonial pattern of primary structure – many of our economies inherited skewed and underdeveloped infrastructure, large chunks of territory and people in the hinterland left out of the mainstream. Unbridged rivers and other impediments impacted transport facilities. Emergence of independent states in South Asia, for instance, saw them get increasingly isolated from one another. Distance between Dhaka and Lahore increased from 2300 km to around 7200 km. Land-locked countries in the region have been seriously handicapped. Increased Mobility to Trigger Growth Impulses Natural markets for each other, these countries today realize great potential of mutual interchange; intra-regional and inter-regional connectivity will be the engine of growth and understanding. Mobility of goods and people will command the centre-stage. New Transport Structures will Foster Inclusive Growth Today, our region has come alive to grapple with stupendous challenges. Projects of immense importance and potential – like Trans-Asian Railway and Asian Highway – will knit our people