Ehtisham Ahmad Keywords economic research SDG Finance adb sustainable development goals fiscal reforms fiscal management social policy poverty alleviation Spatial development Read more about Ehtisham Ahmad Professor Ehtisham Ahmad has been Directing a Project on Sustainable Transitions in China and Mexico, at the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE over the past three years. He also worked with the ADB to provide recommendations for consideration for the 14th Five Year Plan. During the past decade, he has been Visiting Professor at the LSE, Pao Yu-Kong Professor at Zhejiang University, Senior Fellow at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn as well as Senior Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Science/Ministry of Finance Research Institute (2018-21).
High Speed Rail and Spatial Scenarios for Europe 2050 Read more about High Speed Rail and Spatial Scenarios for Europe 2050 This presentation illustrated the likely impacts of high-speed rail projects on spatial development in Europe based on the ESPON project ET2050 (Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe) conducted in 2011-2014. The objective of the ESPON project was to develop a vision of the spatial structure of Europe based on scientific evidence by a large team of researchers of different European countries.
ADBI-WCTRS Third Webinar on High Speed Rail (HSR): HSR and Spatial Scenarios for Europe 2050 Read more about ADBI-WCTRS Third Webinar on High Speed Rail (HSR): HSR and Spatial Scenarios for Europe 2050 This ADBI-World Conference of Transport Research Society (WCTRS) webinar featured Prof. Michael Wegener, Professor (retired) and former Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund, Germany. Prof. Wegener examined the impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) on spatial development in Europe by 2050, based on a project work by the European Spatial Planning Observation Network. He also illustrated the findings from the modeliing of HSR’s effects on economic growth, equality, and energy consumption. Prof.