Infrastructure is essential for development. This report presents a snapshot of the current condition of developing Asia's infrastructure---defined here as transport, power, telecommunications, and water supply and sanitation. It examines how much the region has been investing in infrastructure and what will likely be needed through 2030. Finally, it analyzes the financial and institutional challenges that will shape future infrastructure investment and development.

This publication reviews the region's inequality trends, challenges and achievements and identifies policy gaps across the three dimensions of inequality--inequality of outcome, inequality of opportunity and inequality of impact. It also discusses the potential impact of rapid and disruptive technological advances, such as machine learning, and puts forward a broad set of policy recommendations for reducing all forms of inequality for the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its core tenant of ""leaving no one behind"".

Looking to the 2030-2040 time frame, the U.S. Army will play an important role in helping U.S. policy and military strategy strike a balance between cooperating with China and deterring potential Chinese expansionism.

UNDERSTANDING ASIA IN 2030 AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION POLICY 5 UNDERSTANDING ASIA IN 2030 AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION POLICY ABOUT THE ASIA PACIFIC FOUNDATION OF CANADA The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is a not-for-profit organization focused on Canada's relations with Asia. [...] The future of the Asia Pacific will be shaped by changes in demography and society; economic development and finance; energy and the environment; technology and innovation; and security. [...] We Asia as well as the rising Asian interest in Arctic identify major trends in the Asia Pacific under shipping routes through Canada's North along the framework of five key drivers of change: 1) with associated security and environmental demography and society; 2) economics and finance; risks; and 3) energy and the environment; 4) technology •. the increasing flow of visitors, transiting and inno [...] Each section features one of the key drivers of change and highlights the trends in Asia within that We end with a few key recommendations to driver of change, the implications of those trends the Review on measures that can be taken to for Asia, and the implications of those trends for help Canada's transportation system adapt to Canada's transportation system. [...] The report addresses the following specific issues Our report complements the extensive analysis and highlighted in the mandate of the Review as they recommendations provided by other inputs from pertain to the Asia Pacific: transportation-related organizations and authorities already received by the Review.

This book investigates long-term development issues for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It finds that with the proper policy mix—including domestic structural reforms and bold initiatives for regional integration—ASEAN has the potential to reach by 2030 the average quality of life enjoyed today in advanced economies and to fulfill its aspirations to become a resilient, inclusive, competitive, and harmonious (RICH) region. Key challenges moving forward are to enhance macroeconomic and financial stability, support equitable growth, promote competitiveness and innovation, and protect the environment. Overcoming these challenges to build a truly borderless economic region implies eliminating remaining barriers to the flow of goods, services, and production factors; strengthening competitiveness and the institutional framework; and updating some governing principles. But ASEAN should not merely copy the European Union. It must maintain its flexibility and pragmatism without creating a bloated regional bureaucracy. The study’s main message is that through closer integration, ASEAN can form a partnership for achieving shared prosperity in the region and around the globe.

Looking to the 2030–2040 time frame, U.S. policy and military strategy will need to strike a balance among maintaining a cooperative relationship with China, deterring Chinese aggression in regional disputes, and preparing for the possibility that China could become more assertive. The U.S. Army will have an important role to play in preparing for these developments and for protecting and furthering U.S. interests in the region.