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The Financial and Economic Assessment of China’s High Speed Rail Investments

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Date of Publication 18 December 2013
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Publication Type Presentation, slides, speech
Tags India, Atmosphere, Construction Costs, Costs, Energy Consumption, Externalities, Investment, Organisational Development, Passengers, Savings, Tariffs, Traffic, Trains
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