Timothy John R. Batan Keywords Department of Transportation Philippines transport highways Railways Read more about Timothy John R. Batan Usec Timothy John Batan has been working in the transportation department for five years, first as a Senior Project Development Officer for DOTr Planning, Project Development, and Private-Public Partnership Unit in 2015 where he worked with on several maritime, airport development, port modernization, and varying mass transit projects until he was eventually appointed as an Assistant Secretary for Railways in June 2017, and again as the Undersecretary for Railways in February 2018.
Len Johnstone Keywords transport ADB highways urban planning feasibility studies Cube Voyager and Road Safety Read more about Len Johnstone Experienced Planning Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry. Skilled in Highways, Urban Planning, Feasibility Studies, Cube Voyager, and Road Safety. Strong operations professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Civil, Transportation, and Geo-resources Engineering from Suranaree University of Technology.
Estimating Direct, Indirect, and Induced Employment from Highway Construction in India Read more about Estimating Direct, Indirect, and Induced Employment from Highway Construction in India Highway construction is a major employment generator across the world. Assessing four highway projects located in two distinct provinces, the paper illustrates a methodology to develop estimates of employment generation from highway construction in emerging economies like India.
Building the Pakistan Road Assessment Program to Star Rate National Highways for Safety Read more about Building the Pakistan Road Assessment Program to Star Rate National Highways for Safety Greg Smith of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) presented the status of road assessment activities in Pakistan, supported under ADB's regional technical assistance on Unlocking Innovation for Development. The TA aims to scale up innovative road safety operations, with a focus on national highways.
Xiaohong Yang Keywords highways Railways waterways cross border logistics projects private public partnerships transport economics transport finance Read more about Xiaohong Yang Xiaohong Yang joined ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department as Chief Thematic Officer on 31 March 2021. Prior to this appointment, she was the ADB’s Country Director for Pakistan since early 2017, where she led the ADB’s operational, knowledge and partnership efforts to building up key infrastructure, institutions and reforms in the area of energy, transport, water, urban, agriculture, finance, social sector, and public-private partnerships.