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China's One Belt One Road: Has the European Union Missed the Train?
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2016-03-07)
This Policy Report focuses on the overland routes that connect China to Europe via Central Asia and it aims to answer the question whether the European Union (EU) should engage China in the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. The expansion of the OBOR ...
Facilitating India-Pakistan Trade through the Land Route
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2016-05-15)
Improvements in the land route between India and Pakistan can help lower transaction costs which can play in important role in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Connecting India and Pakistan by the land route offers gains not ...
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CAREC Road Safety Engineering Manual 3: Roadside Hazard Management
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-04-15)Single vehicle “run-of-road” crashes are a significant problem on CAREC roads. They are particularly severe and can occur anywhere and at any time. Identifying, investigating, and treating roadside hazards are significant road safety challenges along ... -
CAREC Road Safety Engineering Manual 2: Safer Road Works
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-03-30)This manual explains how to provide safer road worksites on CAREC roads. It explains good practices for roadwork sites, offering clear and simple guidance for CAREC road authorities to use to improve road safety at these sites for road users and workers ... -
Volatility Linkages Between Energy and Food Prices: Case of Selected Asian Countries
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-03-30)This study examines the linkages between energy price and food prices over the period 2000–2016 by using a Panel-VAR model in the case of eight Asian economies, namely Bangladesh, the PRC, Indonesia, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Our ... -
Trade Rules in E-commerce: WTO and India
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-03-30)Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is an integral part of business activities, and various models of e-commerce have emerged with liberalisation and technological developments. Global e-commerce trade has seen fast growth, which is predicted to continue ... -
Regulatory challenges in the Philippine logistics industry
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2018-03-30)This Policy Note assesses the Philippine logistics industry by looking at its logistics performance index (LPI). It presents the good practices of Singapore that our policymakers should consider in improving the competitiveness of our local logistics sector. -
Financing Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing Impacts and New Sources
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-03-30)This major book from ADBI Press aims to provide the latest scientific evidence on infrastructure investment, including new ideas as to how to finance infrastructure. The editors believe the 500-page book will make an important contribution to help Asia ... -
The Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ): Putting Malaysia’s SMEs onto the Digital Silk Road
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018-03-26)This article examines how the DFTZ will enhance SME export opportunities and the outstanding challenges that SMEs face in entering the export market through an ecommerce platform. -
CAREC Road Safety Engineering Manual 1: Road Safety Audit
(Asian Development Bank, 2018-03-15)Research indicates that up to 28% of crashes are due to the road environment. The most important objective of road safety audit is to minimize crashes, and to minimize the severity of any crashes that may occur on a new road project. The series of CAREC ... -
Options for Railway Infrastructure Development in Tbilisi: Comparative Analysis of the Alternatives
(Policy and Management Consulting Group, 2018-03-12)This study compares the following four alternatives: keeping the status quo (Option 1); the 2009 Tbilisi Railway Bypass Project (Option 2); a city tunnel from Navtlughi district to Didube district (Option 3); and retaining the city’s main railway line ... -
Shifting Towards a Consumer-Centered Economy and the Implications for International Trade
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-02-28)Globalization has radically changed the way in how goods and services are produced. The impact of globalization on production has been driven mainly by two determinants: In a first phase, a quick fall in transportation costs between countries and in a ...