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  1. Library Resource
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    décembre, 2016
    Cambodge, Viet Nam, Thaïlande, Myanmar, Chine

    An analysis paper by Future Directions International on livelihood considerations and food security in the Lower Mekong countries, published in May 2016.

  2. Library Resource
    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    mai, 2014
    États-Unis d'Amérique, Chine, Mexique, Océanie, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie orientale

    The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the developing world, are set to explode in size. Over the next decade and a half, Lagos is expected to increase its population 50 percent, to nearly 16 million. Naturally, there is an active debate on whether restricting the growth of megacities is desirable and whether doing so can make residents of those cities and their countries better off.

  3. Library Resource

    Focus on China and Africa

    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    avril, 2015
    Chine, Afrique, Asie orientale, Océanie

    This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa through strategically leveraging the Chinese experiences.

  4. Library Resource

    Household-Level Evidence from the Chengdu National Experiment

    Documents de politique et mémoires
    août, 2015
    Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie

    As part of a national experiment in 2008, Chengdu prefecture implemented ambitious property rights reforms, including complete registration of all land together with measures to ease transferability and eliminate migration restrictions. A triple difference approach using the Statistics Bureau’s regular household panel suggests that the reforms increased consumption and income, especially for less wealthy and less educated households, with estimated benefits well above the cost of implementation.

  5. Library Resource
    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juillet, 2016
    République-Unie de Tanzanie, Japon, Malaisie, Madagascar, Chine, Namibie, Indonésie, Australie, République populaire démocratique de Corée, Argentine, République de Corée, Sri Lanka, Brésil, Nouvelle-Zélande, Amérique centrale, Amérique septentrionale, Océanie

    To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.

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    Solidifying Foundation for Sustainable and Inclusive Development

    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    décembre, 2016
    Chine, Afrique, Afrique sub-saharienne

    Agriculture has been essentially the backbone of economic growth for centuries. The sector has provided employment for the majority of the world population for generations, and has served as a powerful force in transforming of economies towards an industry- and service- based. In many countries, through both productivity increases and farm land expansion, agriculture contributed to the transformation by releasing labor force for the other parts of the economy, providing food security, keeping wage down by providing low cost food, and generating foreign exchange.

  7. Library Resource
    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    août, 2014
    Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie

    China is considering ways to attract additional capital to finance investment in railways. Worldwide, private capital has been attracted to the railway sector through a range of mechanisms including: (i) private sector provision of specific rail services or assets such as rolling stock; (ii) public private partnerships; (iii) leveraging commercial value of rail assets and increased land value around stations; and (iv) debt and equity financing of railway companies. Private sector investors seek to earn a return on investment that is commensurate with the risk of the investment.

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    A Look at Construction Costs

    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    juillet, 2014
    Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie

    By the end of 2013, China railway had built a network of about 10,000 route-km of high-speed railways (HSR). The network has been built rapidly and at a relatively low unit cost compared with similar projects in other countries. This note takes a look at this expansion, its construction unit costs and some of its key cost components. It also outlines reasons that may explain the comparatively low cost of HSR construction in China.

  9. Library Resource
    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    janvier, 2013
    Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie

    Traditional economic evaluations of major transport infrastructure investments focus on the direct costs and benefits arising from travel, including user time savings, operator cost savings, and reductions in externalities including air pollution, noise, and accidents. There is an emerging consensus that major transport investments may have significant impacts that are not well captured by this type of conventional cost-benefit analysis.

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    Findings and Strategies Ahead

    Rapports et recherches
    Documents de politique et mémoires
    mars, 2017
    Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie

    Chinese municipalities have developed a large stock of capital assets during a period of rapid growth and urbanization, but have yet to modernize asset management practices. Cities face challenges such as premature decline of fixed assets and spiking liabilities related to operating and maintaining assets. This paper evaluates the asset management practices in three selected small cities and towns in China, using a benchmarking assessment tool followed by an in-depth field assessment.

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