Tags : Infrastructure and Economic Development

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Roads and Loans
Does financing respond to changes in productive opportunities, even for the world’s poor? We answer this question by examining the response of private bank financing to a rural infrastructure program in India, which brought road access to unconnected villages. The program prioritized roads for villages above ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/iems-working-papers/sumit-agarwal-abhiroop-mukherjee-roads-and-loans
Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia
Watch   About the event In Rivers of Iron, David Lampton, Selina Ho and Cheng-Chwee Kuik examine one aspect of the China’s Belt and Road Initiative: its effort to create an intercountry railway system connecting China and its seven Southeast Asian neighbours (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/lampton-ho-kuik-railroads-and-chinese-power-in-southeast-asia
Green and Smart or Black and Clumsy ? Examining the role of Chinese investors in ASEAN's sustainable development
Studies on the Belt and Road Initiative and its impact on the sustainable development of host countries lack empirical foundations. This research aims to contribute to the gap in the literature by focusing on Chinese outward investments in energy and smart city solutions development. Our research project is divided in ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2019/angela-tritto-dini-sejko-yujia-he-green-smart-black-clumsy-chinese-investors-asean-sustainable-development
The Economic Effects of a Hyperloop Line connecting 2 of India's Largest Cities
In late 2017 and early 2018, the Government of Maharashtra (one of India's 29 states) embarked on plans to build a Hyperloop network that will connect the city of Mumbai to the city of Pune, reducing the travel time between the two from more than three hours to under 30 minutes. This paper describes some of the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2019/ghosh-the-economic-effects-of-a-hyperloop-line-connecting-2-of-india-s-largest-cities
Academic Workshop on "The Belt and Road: From Vision to Reality”
About the Workshop China’s Belt and Road Initiative intends to increase connectivity between China and over 60 countries along the old Silk Road’s land and maritime routes, and will be the main platform for China’s global integration efforts in the foreseeable future. Often referred to as “the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2018/academic-workshop-belt-and-road-from-vision-to-reality
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