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Quantifying the Economic and Social Impacts of High-Speed Rail: Some Evidence from Europe and China

15 November 2018
In recent years, there has been an increasing move toward appraising the impacts of transport investments beyond the direct user benefits and costs. This presentation reviews the arguments in favor of measuring such impacts, the progress made in implementing such impacts in the appraisal, and the…

High-Speed Rail as a New Mode of Intercity Passenger Transportation

15 November 2018
This presentation reviews the rapid progress of high-speed rail (HSR) construction and its successful competition with cars and air travel on distances between 100 and 1,200 km. More than 20 countries have built or are building HSR lines, but the United States is not among the leaders in HSR…

High-Speed Rail in the People’s Republic of China

14 November 2018
Instead of constructing one costly, huge, station in suburban areas, the People’s Repubic of China is building multiple stations close to city centers will greatly reduce the access/egress time, thereby making high-speed rails travel more efficient.

Riding on the New Silk Road: Quantifying the Welfare Gains from High-Speed Railways

14 November 2018
This presentation looks into the aggregate and distributional impacts of High-Speed Railways (HSR) in an economy with producer–supplier linkages. The HSR connection generates productivity gains by improving the efficiency of firm-to-firm matching and leading firms to search for more and better…

High-Speed Railway's Effect on Urban Spatial Correlation

14 November 2018
High-speed railway (HSR) is recognized as one of the most important modes of transport and has increasingly been given priority in regional development. A better understanding of the HSR’s effect on urban spatial correlation is important for optimizing the layout of the HSR system and promoting the…

Introduction and Implementation Strategy of Health Insurance to Realize Universal Health Care (UHC)

8 November 2018
Learn how LG CNS is providing cloud services for remote system development, repair, and maintenance along with model-driven development for software development that requires no coding. These were developed after the company studied the top 10 causes of ICT project failures and found out that human…

Republic of Korea's National Health Insurance System

8 November 2018
The Republic of Korea is known to offer an efficient health care system to its citizens. Learn more about the National Health Insurance of Korea, and how it has improved over the decades.

Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

8 November 2018
In the Republic of Korea, people can monitor in real time their medical costs, prescriptions, and appropriate medical treatment. Download this presentation to learn more.

Standards and Interoperability: Laying the Foundations for Digital Health Systems

8 November 2018
In 2030, there will be 615 million people older than 65 in Asia, which is double than today. Check out how ICT solutions can reduce healthcare costs to families and improve equitable access to quality services.

Hospital Design and Building

7 November 2018
AUM&Lee Architects Associates is a 70-year-old Korean company with more than 200 engineers and experts in building design, planning, and supervision. In this presentation, Wonseok Lee, Managing Director of its Overseas Department, shares the company's experience in building the 500-bed Thua…