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Bhutan Transport 2040 Integrated Strategic Vision
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Bhutan, in 2040, will be very different from what it is today. The transport system then needs to respond to the changing needs and demands. The Transport Integrated Strategic Vision 2040 incorporates all existing transport related plans, policies, initiatives, and actions to create a long-term...
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Infrastructure and the international export performance of Turkish regions
Celbis M.G.; Nijkamp P.; Poot J. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
regions to 180 countries for the years 2002 through to 2010. Regional transportation and communication infrastructure capacity …, the positioning of point infrastructure in a region, and geography are explicitly accounted for. Our results highlight … that land infrastructure, air transport capacity, and private maritime infrastructure presence, together with the distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856318
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The growth of outward FDI and the competitiveness of the underlying economy: the case of India
Narula, Rajneesh; Prasad Kodiyat, Tiju - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
sustainable. Systematic upgrading and radical policy changes are needed to build up India's knowledge infrastructure and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856415
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Managing for Development Results: Rail Infrastructure Tariffs - Enabling Private Sector Development in Mongolia's Railway Sector
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
infrastructure that provides “open access” to the rail network. This report proposes a system of rail infrastructure tariffs to …
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Assessing Impact in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An Analysis of Regional Cooperation Projects
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
Cooperation among the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries has intensified in recent years. By the end of 2012, the program had mobilized $15.5 billion in investment projects and $311 million in technical assistance (TA), of which ADB’s support amounted to $5.5 billion for investments and...
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In 2011, Uzbekistan celebrated 20 years of independence. The transition has not been smooth for any country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality. The status of women and men in Uzbekistan is...
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Information and Communication Technologies for Women Entrepreneurs: Prospects and Potential In Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In a fast-paced world where information, resources, and markets are within reach with a swipe of a finger, access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) is essential to business development and growth. This study assesses the need for and use of ICTs by women entrepreneurs in...
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Public–Private Partnerships in Urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
This report summarizes the results of the Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) in Urbanization workshop held in Beijing in August 2013. The workshop was organized by the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the PPP Research...
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Autovias y ferrocarriles: un modelo para evaluar efectos intermodales de la politica de infaestructuras
Queralt, Germa Manel Bel - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 1996
The supply of motorways reduces travel time costs by road, affecting thus the demand for road transport. Besides these intramodal effects, there exist intermodal effects too as far as motorways have impact on the demand of the competing modes. In this paper we establish and estimate a model that...
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Infrastructure and nation building: The regulation and financing of network transportation infrastructures in Spain (1720-2010)
Bel, Germà - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2010
This paper analyzes Spanish infrastructure policy since the early 1700s: Road building in the eighteenth century … twenty-first. The analysis reveals a long-term pattern, in which infrastructure policy in Spain has been driven not by the … national budget have regularly been used to decide the priorities regarding infrastructure creation and to fund the development …
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