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The Impacts of Roll-On/Roll-Off Transport System in the Philippines
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2017-06-30)
It is well recognized in the literature that a country’s transport system plays a central role in its development. In this paper, we show the economic impacts of improvements in the transport system by studying experience of the Philippines with the ...
Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism: Baseline Study in Bangladesh
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)
The establishment of a Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM) is important for a country to take stock, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize recommendations for the implementation of trade facilitation measures. A baseline study ...
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Frames: News, Thoughts, Updates: May 2019
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2019-05-30)Frames is a monthly newsletter produced by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. Each edition covers news, thoughts and updates involving ASEAN and East Asia. -
Japanese Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-05-15)This paper analyses the outlook for Japan’s infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia as the region has become the primary destination for Japan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in recent years. Section 2 reviews how the construction industry in ... -
A Station Location Identification Model for an Integrated Interoperable High-Speed Rail System
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)Integrated interoperable rail systems facilitate high speed rail (HSR) train movement on conventional intercity lines, and vice versa. Hence, for such rail systems, it is preferred that HSR stations are located at existing intercity rail stations. ... -
Modeling the Spatiotemporal Urban Spillover Effect of High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Development
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)The study introduces and applies the concept of spillover effects to high-speed rail development to formulate the economic impact on increasing the regional tax revenue. The previous study covered JR-Kyushu’s development of the Kyushu Shinkansen ... -
Transit-Oriented Development Policies and Station Area Development in Asian Cities
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus are now on the threshold of becoming transit cities or car traffic saturation cities. The promotion of transit-oriented development ... -
Speed and Socioeconomic Development: Influence of Indian Railways
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)Indian Railways is a little over a century and a half old. Its development over the decades has been gradual. It has been and continues to be the “lifeline for the socioeconomic growth of India,” by connecting human settlements across the country and ... -
Artificial intelligence primer: What is needed to maximize AI’s economic, social, and trade opportunities
(Brookings India, 2019-05-15)AI is already affecting how economies grow, produce jobs, and trade internationally. While the U.S. leads on AI development, other governments recognize AI’s potential and have their own strategies to promote AI investment and development. For instance, ... -
Travel and Land-Use Impacts of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)Mumbai is the financial capital of India, where the commuter share of suburban rail and city bus systems is greater than 70%. With only one metro line, 11.4 kilometers (km) long (Versova–Andheri–Ghatkopar), being operational at present, a large network ... -
China-Malaysia Relations Back on Track?
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019-05-15)China-Malaysia relations appear to be on the mend with the resumption of key projects like the East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) and Bandar Malaysia. After the Pakatan Harapan coalition swept into power in May last year, there were serious doubts on the ... -
How High-Speed Rail Affects Local Land Prices: Evidence from Taipei,China
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-05-15)This paper evaluates the effect of high-speed rail (THSR) on the land prices of targeted regions (THSR regions) in Taipei,China using prefectural-level data from 1993 to 2017. The construction of THSR started in 2000 and was finished in 2006. The THSR ...