The publication is structured into three main parts. Part I describes the environment within which the transport sector is developing and the principal challenges that this environment poses to governments, the transport industry and society at large. Part II focuses on tracing transport infrastructure development in the region, including roads, railways, shipping, ports, and urban mass transit systems. It also discusses the changing delivery mechanisms especially private sector participation in infrastructure. Part III examines the transport-related aspects of trade agreements, transport regionalism, and intermodal transport in the region.

Executive Summary............................................................................................1
Part One: The Challenge for Transport .................................................................15
I.	Meeting the Needs of Economic Growth and Trade ...............................17
II.	Meeting the Need for Personal Mobility ...............................................35
III.	Meeting the Needs of the Environment................................................45
IV.	Meeting the Need for Safe Roads.......................................................55
V.	Meeting the Needs of the Poor...........................................................69
Part Two: Developments in Infrastructure.............................................................77
VI.	Changing Delivery Mechanisms.........................................................79
VII.	Roads and Road Transport................................................................97
VIII.	Railway Transport...........................................................................117
IX.	Shipping........................................................................................141
X.	Ports............................................................................................151
XI.	Urban Transport.............................................................................161
XII.	Air Transport..................................................................................173
Part Three: Trade Agreements, Transport Regionalism and Intermodal Transport......197
XIII.	Trade Agreements..........................................................................199
XIV.	Transport Regionalism ....................................................................211
XV.	Intermodal Transport.......................................................................223
Annex:  Statistical Notes..................................................................................237