The rush to modernize: Asian countries scramble for development resources

East Asian countries are competing frantically to create and implement plans for building infrastructure after decades of underinvesting in that sector. Complicating factors include the shortage of people to coordinate efforts, disruptions to existing services, bureaucratic delays, and overly ambitious projects and schedules. Nevertheless, the region will probably dominate the global market for telephone, water, electricity, and road building facilities through 2010.