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Urban population in Indonesia continue to rise. In 2025, urban population is projected to comprise about 68 percent of the total population. This calls for more sustainable urban infrastructure to respond to the needs of these urban dwellers.

Just like many countries in Asia, however, the funds for infrastructure project are still not enough. This presentation enumerates the potential financial instruments for sustainable urban infrastructure aside from the government’s funds.

Infrastructure is associated with development. For Asia to cope with its inhabitants’ needs, more and better infrastructure is needed. Unfortunately, investment gaps remains in many countries in the region.

This presentation, based on ADB’s report Meeting Asia’s Infrastructure Needs, looks into the current investment gaps and outlines proposed policies to close these gaps.

Urbanization rate in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has increased to 56.7% in 2016, a far cry from 35.88% rate recorded in 2000. This spells the need for sustainable financing mechanism and solving equity and efficiency issues. Learn more about the “new-type of urbanization” in the PRC, along with the different available financing modes.

Without infrastructure, farmers and manufacturers cannot sell their products. This is especially true in the CAREC region, where market is far away from the buyers. But to ensure sustainable growth, other factors must be considered as well. In this video presentation, ADBI Dean Naoyuki Yoshino, shares the inter-relatedness of infrastructure investment, small and medium enterprise promotion, and education for sustainable growth.

This presentation introduces the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG), an association that represents and defends local governments’ interest on the world stage. It shares the work of UCLG in the Asia-Pacific region and what the organization does to support localization of the sustainable development goals at the global level.