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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear sustran-discussers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There is a suggestion to rethink the geographical focus of
this forum, sustran-discuss. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>I want your views on which regional focus would be best
for sustran-discuss:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A. Should we be clearer about our regional
focus in order to keep the discussions more focused and consistently “on
topic”? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>B. If you said yes to A above, then
which of the following do you prefer? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>1. Keep things as
they are: we say in our blurb that our focus is on developing countries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>2. Revert to the
original focus on “Asia” (rich and poor alike)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>3. Other ways to
define our regional focus? (I am open to suggestions)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>WHY BOTHER THINKING ABOUT A CHANGE?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* We started with an Asia focus, which we mostly still have,
even though the list description says we focus on the ‘global South’
(developing countries). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, in practice, 2 probably reflects the discussions here
more accurately than 1. So maybe switching to “Asia” would be
clearer? High-income Asian cities (Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, HK and
Singapore) often come up and they certainly feel relevant enough even if they
are not in developing countries.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* In practice, we don’t really get much material here
on Africa, Latin America, south-western Asia or Eastern Europe anyway. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>* Also in practice, we get a bit TOO much discussion on
issues in the West (Europe, North America, Australia/NZ) and we often need to
remind everyone that there are various other forums better suited to such
material. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Your views? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Paul
A. Barter | Assistant Professor | LKY School of Public Policy National
University of Singapore | 469C Bukit Timah Road | Singapore 259772 | Tel:
+65-6516 3324 | Fax: +65-6778 1020 | <a href="mailto:paulbarter@nus.edu.sg">paulbarter@nus.edu.sg</a>
| <a href="http://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/Faculty_Paul_Barter.aspx">http://www.spp.nus.edu.sg/Faculty_Paul_Barter.aspx</a>
<a href="http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/">http://reinventingtransport.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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