The Road and Rail Infrastructure in Asia: Investing in Quality was prepared by the Asia Desk of the OECD Development Centre, and led by Kensuke Tanaka, Head of the Asia Desk. Prasiwi Ibrahim, Economist, co-ordinated this publication. Valuable guidance was provided by Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre and Special Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General on Development. This publication was prepared by a core team composed of Kensuke Tanaka, Prasiwi Ibrahim, Derek Carnegie, Jihyeon Kim, Gilberto M. Llanto, Hee Kong Yong, Nguyen Tu Anh, Le Huong Linh and Ryan Jacildo. Jingjing Xia contributed to statistical work related to this publication.
The publication also benefited from co-operation and discussions with experts in the region and other international organisations, in particular, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). The authors are grateful to Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean of the ADBI, Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of ERIA, as well as Aladdin Rillo, Izuru Kobayashi and Fauziah Zen.
Support from OECD Delegation and embassies of Asian countries in Paris, in particular, Rapunzel Acop, Yoshifumi Fukunaga, Phuong Nguyen, Toshiki Okabayashi, Rudjimin, Masaya Sugimoto, and Nao Takada, is gratefully acknowledged.
Last but not least, the OECD Development Centre would like to acknowledge gratefully the financial support received from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan.