Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative
This paper examines how cities and regions within countries are likely to adjust to trade openness and improved connectivity driven by large transport investments from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The paper presents a quantitative economi...
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okr-10986-315352022-09-19T12:16:50Z Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative Lall, Somik V. Lebrand, Mathilde TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR MOBILITY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE CONNECTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY URBAN HUBS GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS This paper examines how cities and regions within countries are likely to adjust to trade openness and improved connectivity driven by large transport investments from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The paper presents a quantitative economic geography model alongside spatially detailed information on the location of people, economic activity, and transport costs to international gateways in Central Asia to identify which places are likely to gain and which places are likely to lose. The findings are that urban hubs near border crossings will disproportionately gain while farther out regions with little comparative advantage will be relative losers. Complementary investments in domestic transport networks and trade facilitation are complementary policies and can help in spatially spreading the benefits. However, barriers to domestic labor mobility exacerbate spatial inequalities whilst dampening overall welfare. 2019-04-11T20:37:57Z 2019-04-11T20:37:57Z 2019-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/292161554727963020/Who-Wins-Who-Loses-Understanding-the-Spatially-Differentiated-Effects-of-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31535 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8806 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China |
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TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR MOBILITY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE CONNECTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY URBAN HUBS GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS |
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TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR MOBILITY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE CONNECTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY URBAN HUBS GEOSPATIAL ECONOMICS Lall, Somik V. Lebrand, Mathilde Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
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This paper examines how cities and
regions within countries are likely to adjust to trade
openness and improved connectivity driven by large transport
investments from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The
paper presents a quantitative economic geography model
alongside spatially detailed information on the location of
people, economic activity, and transport costs to
international gateways in Central Asia to identify which
places are likely to gain and which places are likely to
lose. The findings are that urban hubs near border crossings
will disproportionately gain while farther out regions with
little comparative advantage will be relative losers.
Complementary investments in domestic transport networks and
trade facilitation are complementary policies and can help
in spatially spreading the benefits. However, barriers to
domestic labor mobility exacerbate spatial inequalities
whilst dampening overall welfare. |
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Lall, Somik V. Lebrand, Mathilde |
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Lall, Somik V. Lebrand, Mathilde |
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Lall, Somik V. |
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Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
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Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
| title_full |
Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
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Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
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Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative |
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who wins, who loses? understanding the spatially differentiated effects of the belt and road initiative |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/292161554727963020/Who-Wins-Who-Loses-Understanding-the-Spatially-Differentiated-Effects-of-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31535 |
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