Displaying 971 - 980 of 1387

Renewable Energy-enabled Community-scale Agriculture: Evidence from Gram Oorja's Work

17 June 2020
The presentation discussed some initial interventions in community-scale solar pumping for agriculture. Preliminary learnings suggested that the approach is suitable for remote communities. Scaling these interventions holds promise and can facilitate further investments at the nexus of energy,…

Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications

4 June 2020
This presentation discussed the unprecedented excess demand for PPEs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to domestic and international PPE supply chain disruptions and put frontline healthcare workers at risk. It also discussed various trade barriers to PPE supply, how governments ramped up PPE…

(Republic of) Korea's Policy Experience in Responding to COVID-19

3 June 2020
Dr. Kwangchul Ji of the Ministry of Economy and Finance - Republic of Korea shares the government’s successful multi-faceted policy responses.

Land Use Transport Interactions of High Speed Rail (HSR)

15 May 2020
Dr. Francesca Pagliara talks about her work on wider socioeconomic impacts of HSRs on mobility choices, mega cities, temporary offices, land prices and equity issues. Further, with her experience of co-editing two textbooks published by Springer on location choices, she shares insights about the…

Network Improvements in European Mega Cities through High Speed Rail

15 May 2020
This presentation talks about the positive effects of HSRs on economic growth, sustainability, and equity in European Mega cities.

HSR and Population Density

15 May 2020
This presentation discusses the improtance of Japanese HSR on new economic geography, population density, and size of cities. It highlights the need for experimental researches in measuring and understanding the impacts of HSR development.

Impacts of HSR on Land Use

15 May 2020
This presentation highlights the key challanges in modelling of the Land Use and Transport Interactions of High Speed Rails and emphasizes the lack of spatial resolution and need for multi-layer models to understand the land use effect of HSR.

Assessing the Wider Economic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Investment with an Illustrative Application to the North-South High-Speed Railway Project in Viet Nam

18 March 2020
The paper aims to propose a mechanism to capture the spillover effects of transport infrastructure by identifying the employment agglomeration impact of transport investments through a measure of the change in effective employment density.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Banking Sector Nonperforming Loan Resolution Policies and Measures

11 February 2020
Previous financial crises have demonstrated the long-lasting negative impact NPLs can have on financial stability and the economy, as the effects of elevated NPL levels persist beyond crisis periods. Consequently, the identification of policy options to effectively manage and respond to a buildup…

Do Nonperforming Loans Matter for Bank Lending and the Business Cycle in Euro Area Countries?

11 February 2020
This paper estimated the impact of NPLs on bank lending and macroeconomic conditions in twelve euro area countries using a panel Bayesian VAR model. Among the paper’s main findings were that i) an exogenous increase in the change in NPL ratios tends to depress bank lending volumes, widen bank…