"In Guwahati, Assam, one of the world’s 100 fastest growing cities, officials are... turning to the strategy of stemming growth using satellite towns. Guwahati is the largest city in India’s northeast region, and has three satellite cities in the works... The  strategy  is  part  of  a  plan  to  curb  the city’s transportation woes...  By  building  satellite  cities, officials  hope  to  plan  for  its growing population. These cities will be connected via two bus rapid transit corridors."

LKYSPP believes that "export regulations represent serious impediments to trade flows… Southeast Asian countries are in need of extensive trade facilitation measures in order to drive forward the complex process of regional economic integration and keep pace with
increasingly globalised production networks."

South America is exploring options for nuclear power cooperation and capacity to increase energy supply presently and in the future, though it is unlikely to be a major part of the regions energy portfolio.

FORO writes,

A series of bilateral and multilateral agreements among South American countries are increasingly intertwining energy resources and paving the way for increased regionalism.

FORO writes,

For example, Paraguay will shortly start selling electricity to Argentina and Uruguay. These two countries are signing an agreement to build a regasification plant with shared administration, which will provide power to both countries starting in 2013. Also, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Chile plan to conduct studies in order to interconnect their electrical grids.

Brazil is an important player in international negotiations, but it does not seem poised to lead South American countries and is allying more strongly with ascending powers of Brazil, China, India, and South Africa.

Gonzalo Alcade of FORO writes,

In recent international summits, particularly the Cancun Summit in 2010, Bolivia has boldly pushed radical policies and showed promise of leading a potential new international political bloc of developing countries based in South America.

Gonzalo Alcade of FORO writes,

The South Africa Node writes, "The launch workshop of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 29 and 30 July 2010, to build consensus on the way forward on how trans-boundary infrastructure development will help support delivery of the African Union Abuja Treaty and the creation of an African Economic Community by 2030. PIDA is an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency.

Organized crime in Latin America has grown in power, reach, and flexibility, and lack of regional coordination allows such networks to transfer activity from country to country to avoid specific national counter-measure strategies.

FORO writes,

Through various hybrid seed programs domestically and abroad, China seems to be moving to cultivate and control regional food production systems.

NISTPASS writes,

Urbanization at a rate beyond the absorption capacity of already existing cities has for a long time been known as a major issue in developing countries, in part because it is connected with increased rates of crime. While "crime in urban areas in South America reached alarming levels during the 1980s ... the situation has radically changed in the 2000s: crime is consolidating as an urban phenomenon ... in regional cities."