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Connectivity Along Overland Corridors of the Belt and Road Initiative

dc.contributor.authorDerudder, Ben
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xingjian
dc.contributor.authorKunaka, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-24T19:31:01Z
dc.date.available2018-10-24T19:31:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThe six land corridors that are the ‘Belt’ part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) connect more than sixty countries. As the initiative progresses, policy makers, analysts and researchers are trying to answer a few open questions of which the most common are: How can a country best benefit from the BRI? How should projects be prioritized and sequenced? What opportunities emerge as a result of participating in the initiative? The authors use a network economics approach to answer some of these questions and others. Our hypothesis is that the ability of countries to maximize the benefits of BRI will depend on the position of each country in the new connectivity maps that are emerging. Ultimately, an initiative such as the BRI will change the way economic centers, as the most productive nodes in each country, are connected. Productivity, competition, market opportunities, and transport and logistics costs are all likely to be impacted. However, the magnitude of the effects will depend on where along the Belt corridors a city is located relative to all other countries and economic centers. Ultimately, the difference in outcomes will depend on whether a center intermediates trade flows in the network or serves as an end node that generates inbound and outbound flows. Centers that are not well connected in the new BRI maps may not experience much positive impact. Emphasis should therefore be on the weak links within the networks.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264651538637972468/Connectivity-Along-Overland-Corridors-of-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/30609
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30609
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMTI Global Practice Discussion Paper;No. 6
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectBELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectLOGISTICS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.titleConnectivity Along Overland Corridors of the Belt and Road Initiativeen
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okr.crossref.titleConnectivity Along Overland Corridors of the Belt and Road Initiative
okr.date.disclosure2018-10-04
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264651538637972468/Connectivity-Along-Overland-Corridors-of-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative
okr.guid264651538637972468
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/30609
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0863e2047_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30470684
okr.identifier.report130490
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264651538637972468/pdf/130490-MTI-Discussion-Paper-6-Final.pdfen
okr.topicTransport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
okr.topicTransport::Roads & Highways
okr.topicTransport::Railroads
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Transport
okr.unitSouth Asia (GMTSA)
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