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that while no one can assert that the sectors of Uruguay's electricity and transportation are inefficient, there are …
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The changed role of rail in Africa over the last thirty years has seen it move from a situation where many of the …
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growth. Today, China Rail is the second biggest carrier of rail freight and the biggest carrier of passenger transport in the … world. It has the largest combined rail traffic task of any national railway system in the world, carrying about a quarter … rail system by adopting proven international practices and technologies, giving them distinct Chinese characteristics, and …
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In the 1990s, Zimbabwe's economic growth began to slow following a balance of payments crisis and repeated droughts. By the late 1990s Zimbabwe's economy was in serious trouble driven by economic mismanagement, political violence, and the wider impact of the land reform program on food...
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As a green mode of transportation, railways have an important role to play in decarbonizing transport through shifting …, while still delivering on economic growth, many are rethinking the role of rail. Many developing countries have existing … railway networks, which will provide the starting point for efforts to increase rail in the transport mix. This report …
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The note first presents a brief overview of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges that it is currently facing, and identifying the main areas of intervention for the development of a financially sustainable sector, which should guide any thorough sector reform program in the...
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, the seven largest ports, and manufactures and repairs locomotives, wagons and passenger coaches. As an enterprise, TCDD is …
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This Policy Note has been prepared to assist the governments of the Entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to better understand the current conditions of the railway sector,assess the policy options for modernizing it and help chart a course ahead. Railway performance is benchmarked against a number...
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Under a succession of reform-minded governments, the Bulgarian rail sector has achieved some ambitious targets … EUR 120 million. Today, all Acquis Communautaires relevant to the rail sector have been adopted. Vertical unbundling of … were introduced opened market access to rail infrastructure and allowed cost recovery; and public service contracts were …
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in fuel mix, modal shift, and economic growth, as well as changes in emission coefficients and transportation energy … intensity. The key finding of the study is that economic growth and the changes in transportation energy intensity are the main … effective in countries where the transportation energy intensity effect is the main driver of carbon dioxide emissions growth …
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