Infrastructure Redux

Infrastructure Redux

Author: N. Anwar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-07

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1137448172

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The focus of this book is on industrial infrastructures of production and circulation, from power distribution and roads to dry ports and airports. It looks at how these infrastructures underpin visions of progress and mediate relations between the state and capitalist firms in industrializing districts in Punjab, Pakistan.


Greening Growth in Pakistan Through Transport Sector Reforms

Greening Growth in Pakistan Through Transport Sector Reforms

Author: Ernesto Sánchez-Triana

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2013-07-17

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0821399292

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Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms: A Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment identifies reforms that can help Pakistan manage its environmental priorities given transport's impacts on air quality, noise pollution, road safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urban sprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the government of Pakistan's 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its strategic objectives. This analytical work examines the poverty, social, and environmental aspects associated with reforms that would increase the freight transport sector's productivity to meet the Framework's goals. It focuses on the following areas: - Analyzing the policy and institutional adjustments required to address the environmental, social, and poverty aspects of increased transportation efficiency in Pakistan - Identifying policy options for the government of Pakistan to better serve the population, to enhance social cohesion, and to foster equitable benefit sharing with low-income or other vulnerable groups - Developing a broad participatory process to give a voice to stakeholders who could be affected by enhancements of freight transport productivity - Making robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation infrastructure The book also presents information on the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report and details its methodology. Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms is intended for policy makers, civil society, the private sector, and academics who wish to participate in dialogues on Pakistan's trade and transport sectors' priorities. It is hoped that this report will stimulate debate that steers these sectors and their participants in the direction of greening economic growth.


Learning in Development

Learning in Development

Author: Olivier Serrat

Publisher: ADB Knowledge Solutions

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9290920483

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Learning in Development tells the story of independent evaluation in ADB from its early years to the expansion of activities under a broader mandate points up the application of knowledge management to sense making, and brings to light the contribution that knowledge audits can make to organizational learning. It identifies the 10 challenges that ADB must overcome to develop as a learning organization and specifies practicable next steps to conquer each. The messages of Learning in Development will echo outside ADB and appeal to the development community and people having interest in knowledge and learning.


The Belt and Road Initiative & Global 2030 Sustainability

The Belt and Road Initiative & Global 2030 Sustainability

Author: Harinder Kohli

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published: 2023-03-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9354929125

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This book discusses the progress of the BRI as it enters its tenth year after being launched in 2013 and becoming by far the biggest bilateral development assistance program in the world. The analysis offered herein is based on eleven detailed 'inside-out' country studies by independent experts and the studies presented here explain in an accessible manner how the pace and direction of the BRI has been impacted by the pandemic, the debt distress faced by many countries and the policies adopted by the Chinese authorities to navigate these new challenges.


Federal Program Evaluations

Federal Program Evaluations

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Published: 1983

Total Pages: 1216

ISBN-13:

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Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.


Cambodia Transport Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map

Cambodia Transport Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2019-09-01

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9292617516

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Cambodia's transport sector plays a critical role in the country's economic development by supporting growth in key sectors such as agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, and construction. This publication examines Cambodia's transport sector performance, major development constraints, and the government's strategy and plans. It also reflects on lessons learned from past Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance and identifies potential areas for future support, including knowledge initiatives and investments. The publication serves as a basis for further dialogue on how ADB and the government can collaborate to effectively develop the transport sector in the coming years.


Handbook on Green Growth

Handbook on Green Growth

Author: Roger Fouquet

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1788110684

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Economies around the world have arrived at a critical juncture: to continue to grow fuelled by fossil fuels and exacerbate climate change, or to move towards more sustainable, greener, growth. Choosing the latter is shown to help address climate change, as well as present new economic opportunities. This Handbook provides a deeper understanding of the concept of green growth, and highlights key lessons from the experience of green transformations across the world following a decade of ambitious stimulus packages and green reforms.