Posts Tagged: India

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Aug

2013

Weekly Roundup: More Urban Cable Cars in Algeria (Tizi-Ouzou and Bouzareah) and India (Shimla)

Picture dated back to 2011: Bouzareah Cable Car towers were already built. Image from Skyscrapercity. 

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit:



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06
Jul

2012

Weekly Roundup: Six Ropeways in India

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit (admittedly, not that much this week):

  • India’s Himachal Pradesh state announces plans for six new ropeway projects arranged under a PPP agreement with whatever qualified bidder is selected.


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09
Dec

2011

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Darjeeling Ropeway
DarjeelingTimes.com - image by Rabin Rai

A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:



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31
Aug

2011

Just for Fun: Train Surfing in India

Statistically speaking, crystal meth is pretty much safer that what’s below (but that doesn’t mean it isn’t amazing to watch):

 

 

It goes without saying, but please DON’T try this at home. Please.



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26
Jul

2011

How Do You Eliminate Bribery? Make It Legal – By Steven Dale

It’s summer and I’m catching up on my reading and one of the most intriguing things I’ve read in a long time is a working paper by Kaushik Basu, the Chief Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India.

As everyone knows, India has a severe problem with bribery. Basu’s ingenious idea to curb the problem is (get ready for it) to make bribe-giving legal.

Bribe-taking, however, would remain illegal. Such an arrangement, Basu argues, would sever the incentive towards collusion that characterizes the act of bribery. Based on lessons learned from the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma game, the incidence of bribery should drop dramatically.

Basu admits the plan is not without its flaws, but his insightful and creative logic should give all policy-makers pause for contemplation.

You should read it. It’s not short, but it’s easy-reading and well worth the effort.

Too often our policy is tied up in morality. What should be right and what should be wrong. The idea that bribery should be made legal goes against all common intuition.

But if we agree as a society that bribery is something that should not be tolerated (and I doubt there’s anyone who would disagree with that position), then the end goal should be about ending bribery no matter the policy imperative that gets us there.

Yes it is absurdly ironic to make bribery legal in order to eliminate bribery. But so what? If it works, who cares?

All policy should be so creative, insightful and problem-oriented.



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