How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs ? (English)

This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before and after the Belt and Road Initiative. Two sets of data are computed to address different research questions: a global database based on an analysis of 1,000...

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De Soyres,Francois Michel Marie Raphael;

Mulabdic,Alen;

Murray,Siobhan;

Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia;

Ruta,Michele;
Document Date
2018/10/15
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8614
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2018/10/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs ?
Keywords
trade and investment

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De Soyres,Francois Michel Marie Raphael; Mulabdic,Alen; Murray,Siobhan; Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia; Ruta,Michele.

How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8614 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/592771539630482582

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