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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.

Education and Coronavirus: KL University, India

30 April 2020
This presentation shares the role of blended learning to ensure that students remain engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. This material focuses on KL University’s approach to blended learning and engagement.

Workforce Recovery Initiative

30 April 2020
Coursera has set up its own response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how Coursera is responding to the unemployment crisis brought about by the health crisis.

Notice on Environmental Management of Medical Waste Caused by COVID-19

6 April 2020
Guidance from the Government of the People's Republic of China on the environmentally sensitive handling of COVID-19 derived medical waste.

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.

Nonperforming Loans in Asia: Determinants & Macrofinancial Linkages

11 February 2020
Asian economies have seen recent rises in nonperforming loans. This paper analyzed the determinants, macrofinancial feedback effects, and implications of NPLs for financial stability. It also examined the determinants and evolution of bank-specific NPLs in Asia and found that macroeconomic…

Country Case Studies on Resolving Problem Loans in Asia: Crises, Policies, Institutions, and Market Development

11 February 2020
This paper featured case studies of NPL reduction frameworks and policies implemented by ASEAN+3 countries during and after the Asian financial crisis. An analysis of country experiences of legal, regulatory, and supervisory framework institutional capacity and corporate debt restructuring reforms…