Transport Costs, Comparative Advantage, and Agricultural Development : Evidence from Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh
This paper studies the effects of a large reduction in transport costs on agricultural development in a developing country, with a focus on the interactions among the comparative advantage and transport costs of a location, and the transport intens...
Main Authors: | Blankespoor, Brian, Emran, M. Shahe, Shilpi, Forhad, Xu, Lu |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/500021531164598732/Transport-costs-comparative-advantage-and-agricultural-development-evidence-from-Jamuna-bridge-in-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29982 |
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