Cross-border Transport Facilitation in Inland ASEAN and the ASEAN Economic Community
ERIA Collaborative/Support Research Report
Edited by Masami Ishida
February 2019
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Abstract
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was realised in 2015 and the Master Plan of ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) was implemented between 2010 and 2015. This report examines transportation facilitation through the development of hard and soft infrastructure development. Regarding hard infrastructure, the report reviews the missing links identified in the MPAC and the effects of newly developed roads. As for soft infrastructure, the report reviews bilateral and multilateral agreements on exchange of traffic rights including the Cross-Border Transport Agreement (CBTA), the ASEAN Framework Agreement for Facilitation Goods in Transit (AFAFGIT), road traffic laws, and road signs of countries in the inland ASEAN subregion.The final chapter of the report also simulates the impacts of the newly developed roads on the economies of the whole subregion.
In this report, road signs are examined in detail, especially in the ‘CLMV countries’ (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam). What will happen if road signs are different once vehicles are able to cross borders freely? It was found that road signs in the countries of the subregion follow the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals in 1968 and, while there are some differences between the road signs in some countries, no potentially dangerous incompatibilities were discovered.
Cover / Contents (361KB)
Chapter 1.
Inland ASEAN Road Connectivity: Challenges and Prospects (1.62MB) / Masami Ishida
Chapter 2.
Chapter 3.
Improvements and Challenges Associated with the Facilitation of Road Transport in Cambodia (1.34MB) / Sau Sisovanna
Chapter 4.
Improvements and Challenges Associated with the Facilitation of Road Transport in Lao PDR (1.12MB) / Vanthana Nolintha
Chapter 5.
Chapter 6.
Improvements and Challenges Associated with the Facilitation of Road Transport in Viet Nam (752KB) / Nguyen Binh Giang