Improving Transportation and Logistics in Rapidly Changing Asia

In the twenty-first century, Asia is changing rapidly. While East Asia and parts of Southeast Asia have been witnessing rapid economic changes for a few decades, many parts of South Asia and the lagging parts of Southeast Asia have now joined the ongoing economic development race.

Economic growth depends on as well as spawns robust transportation and logistics.

In this respect, some parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia are well advanced.

But the transportation systems of South Asia and many parts of Southeast Asia -- roads and ports in particular -- remain backward and inefficient.

This state of affairs is changing, however. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, major projects for transport infrastructural building and upgrading are underway or about to be launched.

At this site, selected experts provide analyses, perspetives, and recommendations that would facilitate the improvement and management of transportation and logistics in Asia.

In geographic terms, a particular emphasis of this site is to examine the transport links that can connect and facilitate trade across the dispersed parts of Asia: from the Korean peninsula to the island nation of Sri Lanka on the North-South dimension and from Indonesia to the Middle East on the East-West dimension. Links that connect India and China, and connect other nations via these two largest nations of Asia, would receive close attention.

We also believe that communications technologies -- particularly mobile and Internet-related technologies -- affect transportation logistics in major ways. We would focus on the various types of communications and transportation synergies.

We hope you will find the content here useful and provide comments on the postings.


Nik Dholakia

Professor
Marketing, E-Commerce & International Business Areas
University of Rhode Island (USA)