Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia (PDF)

JOHN ALEXANDER President, Center for Creative Leadership, USA
JOAN BARON President and CEO of Telsk and Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Canada
CHONG JU CHOI Dean and Executive Director, National Graduate School of Management, Australia
RALF HIRT Managing Director of Asian-Pacific business, DoubleClick Inc. USA
MICHAEL JENKINS Managing Director of Asian Campus, Center for Creative Leadership, Singapore
HARVEEN KAUR Manager at the Research and Strategy Department, Securities Commission, Malaysia
RICHARD LYNN Former Professor of Psychology, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin and University of Exeter, UK
ALI MIRZA Executive Director and Co-Founder of MarketShare, USA
ENG CHYE PHUAH Head of the Research and Strategy Department, Securities Commission, Malaysia
RANJIT AJIT SINGH Director of Strategy and Risk Management Division, Securities Commission, Malaysia
NARA SRINIVASAN Professor of Security and Risk, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
TERRY TUHARSKY Senior Consultant, Telus International, Canada
TATU VANHANEN Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Tampere, Finland
CLAY WESTCOTT Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Asian Development Bank, Philipines

'This landmark volume offers a timely and outstanding contribution, and is a most serious and sophisticated attempt to approach the tension between economic development and moral standards in Asia. John Kidd and Frank-Jürgen Richter call strongly for more inclusive, pro-people, dynamic, and interactive forms of economic policies attuned to the evolving realities in Asia, and put a premium on the rule of law and good governance which must be home-grown in each country because these cannot be outsourced.' - Fidel V. Ramos, Chairman, Ramos Peace and Development Foundation; and former President of the Philippines

'Infrastructure is a big word and a big subject, but there is no doubt that Asia will be spending hundreds of billions of dollars on both hard and soft infrastructure to underpin its economic growth in the coming years. This book is a timely collection of essays on the subject, and it should be of particular interest to those engaged in building Asia's vital but still inadequate social services infrastructure.' - Victor Mallet, Chief Asia Correspondent, Financial Times, Hong Kong

'This book highlights one of the most challenging tasks for Asia today - under the veneer of explosive economic growth and development lies a far more explosive and daunting task of ensuring that adequate (and sometimes obsolete) infrastructure meet the needs and aspirations of a booming Asian economy and a fast-developing Asian society and polity! John Kidd and Frank-Jürgen Richter have posed this fundamental problematique clearly and seek to offer readers an insight into a better future for Asia, in meeting this challenge.' - Dr Eric Teo Chu Cheow, Council Secretary, Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Managing Director, Savoir Faire Corporate Consultants, Singapore

'Asia is both diverse and unique. The authors dig into infrastructure such as education and governance and connect these to productivity. It is a very insightful and interesting