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HighSpeed 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…

Workshop Report Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Smart Cities

18 October 2018
ADB’s South Asia Department, in collaboration with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI), and K-water, organized a four-day knowledge and networking workshop in Seoul, Republic of Korea on 15-18 October 2018 on “…

Technologies for the Integrated Solid Waste Treatment

16 October 2018
Korean engineering firm Kunhwa Consulting & Engineering Co., Ltd. shares some technologies that can be utilized in setting up an integrated solid waste treatment facility.

Smart City Policy and Future Direction

16 October 2018
What makes a city smart? In this presentation, Lee Jae Young of the Smart & Green City Research Center discusses the smarty city concept at the technology and infrastructure level.

Kwaters Smart Water Management Solution for Water Quantity Management

15 October 2018
Smart water management can help promote efficiency in water utilities. This presentation shares some of K-water’s solutions that countries can learn from.

ICTbased Water Leakage Control

15 October 2018
Water pipe leak is one of the common problems in the area of water management. While this water leak is inevitable, solutions are available. Learn more about Korea Total U-city solutions for managing water pipe leakages that help reduce non revenue water.

Best Practice on Waste Management in Korea

15 October 2018
Korean company Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation is changing the game in waste management not just in the Republic of Korea, but in some other countries as well. Discover how the company help solve waste management problems while promoting social and economic benefits.

Peoples Republic of Chinas Economic Outlook and the ChinaUS Trade Disputes

22 August 2018
The People’s Republic of China saw steady economic momentum in the first half of 2018. Aware of potential uncertainties from domestic and international shocks, including the trade dispute with the US, the country has taken a proactive fiscal policy and measures to further open its market and…

Financing Tertiary Education

22 August 2018
Given the need to expand universities in Asia and therefore the critical role of financing, the author seeks to answer questions such as the case for university tuition charges and why student loans are necessary. He also differentiates between time-based repayment loans and income-contingent loans…

The Impact of Demographic Change on Labor Supply and Economic Growth Can Asia Meet the Challenge Ahead

18 May 2018
Some member-nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will see their working-age population grow or slightly decline by 2050; others will see them shrink. Several APEC countries rely on migration to expand their labor force and GDP. The labor force participation rates among people…