Enhancing ASEAN's Connectivity

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The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued more than 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. ii First published in Singapore in 2013 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2013 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Enhancing ASEAN’s connectivity / edited by Sanchita Basu Das. 1. Transportation and state—Southeast Asia—International cooperation. 2. Information technology—Southeast Asia—International cooperation. 3. Energy policy—Southeast Asia—International cooperation. 4. Power resources—Southeast Asia—International cooperation. 5. ASEAN. I. Basu Das, Sanchita. HC441 E58 2013 ISBN 978-981-4414-11-1 (soft cover) ISBN 978-981-4414-12-8 (E-book PDF) Cover photos: The photos of the cable lines and that of the roads were taken by Mr Subhramit Das (reproduced with kind permission) while the photo of the water pipes is from Shutterstock. Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Mainland Press Pte Ltd ...