Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Background and Motivation -- B. Characteristics of Infrastructure -- C. Coverage and Organization of the Book -- Chapter 2: Infrastructure to Support Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction -- A. Introduction -- B. Infrastructure in Asia -- C. Measuring the Impact of Infrastructure on Growth -- D. Infrastructure for Supporting Inclusive Growth: The Framework of Analysis -- Chapter 3: Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth -- A. Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction -- B. Infrastructure and Non-Income Poverty -- C. Transport Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth -- D. Urban Infrastructure -- E. Regional Infrastructure -- F. Assessing Infrastructure Impacts -- 1. Computable General Equilibrium Model Analysis -- 2. Infrastructure Development in the People's Republic of China -- Chapter 4: Soft Infrastructure: Role of Policy and Regulation -- A. Introduction -- B. Soft Infrastructure as an Integral Part of Governance -- C. Policies to Encourage Connectivity -- 1. Trade Costs in Asia -- 2. Policy Reforms to Lower Costs and Expand Trade -- 3. The Role of Regional Cooperation in Overall Policy Environment -- 4. The Role of Logistics Industries in Realizing Connectivity Potential -- Chapter 5: Public Private Partnerships -- A. Introduction -- B. Public-Private Partnerships in Asia -- C. Benefits and Costs of Public-Private Partnerships -- D. Good Governance for the Success of Public-Private Partnerships -- E. The Role for International Financial Institutions -- Chapter 6: Conclusions and Policy Implications -- A. Soft Infrastructure, the Crucial Policy Environment -- B. Public-Private Partnerships, the Key to Enhance Infrastructure Development -- Appendixes.

1. Conference on Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in Asia, ADB Headquarters, Manila, 14-15 April 2011 -- 2. The Economics of Infrastructure in a Globalized World: Issues, Lessons, and Future Challenges -- Figures -- Figure 1: Inequality and Per Capita Income -- Figure 2: Inequality in Larger Asian Countries -- Figure 3: Infrastructure Needs in Larger Asian Countries, 2010-2020 -- Figure 4: Average Productivity Growth and Infrastructure Availability -- Figure 5: Framework to Analyze Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Figure 6: Linkage between Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction -- Figure 7: Inequality and Infrastructure -- Figure 8: Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction in the People's Republic of China -- Figure 9: Infrastructure and Trade Openness -- Figure 10: Inequality and Trade Openness -- Figure 11: International Logistics Performance Index -- Figure 12: Infrastructure Projects with Private Participation in Asian Countries, 1990-2007 -- Tables -- Table 1: Infrastructure Coverage in South Asia -- Table 2: Infrastructure Needs in Asia and the Pacific, by Sector, 2010-2020 -- Table 3: Costs of Exporting, by Region, 2006-2007 -- Table 4: Private Participation in Infrastructure, East and South Asia -- Boxes -- Box 1: A Series of Workshops Focusing on Infrastructure -- Box 2: Illustrative Relationship between Infrastructure and Development in South Asia -- Box 3: Infrastructure, Productive Activities, and Poverty Reduction in Dharavi -- Box 4: Infrastructure to Escape the Middle-Income Trap -- Box 5: Do We Need to Grow to Reduce Poverty? -- Box 6: The Master Plan on Connectivity among Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- Box 7: The Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation Initiative -- Box 8: Natural Disasters Stress Infrastructure Provision.

Box 9: The Lao People's Democratic Republic Needs both Hard and Soft Infrastructure -- Box 10: An Information System that Improves Governance: The Philippines Civil Registry System -- Box 11: Public-Private Partnerships Complicate the Use of Infrastructure in Fiscal Stimulus Programs -- References.