Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade?

Shepherd, Ben; Wilson, John S.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4104

collection.link.5	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	Shepherd, Ben
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, John S.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T17:41:57Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T17:41:57Z
dc.date.issued	2006-12
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:42Z
dc.description.abstract	The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly associated with higher intraregional trade flows. Gravity model simulations suggest that an ambitious but feasible road upgrade could increase trade by 50 percent over baseline, exceeding the expected gains from tariff reductions or trade facilitation programs of comparable scope. Cross-country spillovers due to overland transit are important: total intraregional trade could be increased by 30 percent by upgrading roads in just three countries-Albania, Hungary, and Romania.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7289532/road-infrastructure-europe-central-asia-network-quality-affect-trade
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9262
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4104
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subject	AD VALOREM
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subject	BILATERAL TRADE
dc.subject	BORDER CROSSINGS
dc.subject	BOTTLENECKS
dc.subject	CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject	CENTRAL ASIAN
dc.subject	CHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subject	CONGESTION
dc.subject	COST ELASTICITIES
dc.subject	CURRENCY
dc.subject	CURRENT ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
dc.subject	CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
dc.subject	DRIVING
dc.subject	ECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
dc.subject	EXPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	GRAVITY MODEL
dc.subject	GRAVITY MODELS
dc.subject	HIGH TRANSPORT
dc.subject	IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject	IMPORTING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	LENGTH OF ROAD
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD COSTS
dc.subject	ROAD IMPROVEMENT
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD NETWORK
dc.subject	ROAD QUALITY
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROUTE
dc.subject	ROUTES
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject	TARIFF LEVELS
dc.subject	TARIFF REDUCTION
dc.subject	TARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	TRADE COSTS
dc.subject	TRADE DATA
dc.subject	TRADE DETERMINANTS
dc.subject	TRADE FACILITATION
dc.subject	TRADE FLOW DATA
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADE VALUES
dc.subject	TRAINS
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSIT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSIT COUNTRIES
dc.subject	TRANSIT ROUTES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT DATA
dc.subject	TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	TRUE
dc.subject	TYPES OF ROAD
dc.subject	UNDUE INFLUENCE
dc.subject	WESTERN EUROPE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade?	en
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Jobs
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7289532/road-infrastructure-europe-central-asia-network-quality-affect-trade
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-4104
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000016406_20061222115245
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	7289532
okr.identifier.report	WPS4104
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/12/22/000016406_20061222115245/Rendered/PDF/wps4104.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.geographical	Eastern Europe
okr.topic	Transport and Trade Logistics
okr.topic	Transport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topic	Industry :: Common Carriers Industry
okr.topic	Law and Development :: Trade Law
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade
okr.topic	Transport
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1

Afficher la notice abrégée

Ce document figure dans la(les) collection(s) suivante(s)

Policy Research Working Papers

Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Lessons from Latin America

Rawlings, Laura B.; Rubio, Gloria M. (2003-08)

Unlike most development initiatives, conditional cash transfer programs recently introduced in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have been subject to rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness. These programs provide money to poor families, conditional on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital-such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers on a regular basis. Rawlings and Rubio review the experience in evaluating the impact of these programs, exploring the application of experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation methods and summarizing results from programs launched in Brazil, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Evaluation results from the first generation of programs in Brazil, Mexico, and Nicaragua show that conditional cash transfer programs are effective in promoting human capital accumulation among poor households. ...

Unlike most development initiatives, conditional cash transfer programs recently introduced in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have been subject to rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness. These programs provide money to poor families, conditional on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital-such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers on a regular basis. Rawlings and Rubio review the experience ...

Unlike most development initiatives, conditional cash transfer programs recently introduced in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have been subject to rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness. These programs provide money to poor families, conditional on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital-such as sending ...
COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens

World Bank (2020-04)

The economic crisis induced by COVID‐19 could be long, deep, and pervasive when viewed through amigration lens. Lockdowns, travel bans, and social distancing have brought global economic activities to a near standstill. Host countries face additional challenges in many sectors, such as health and agriculture, that depend on the availability of migrant workers. Migrants face the risk of contagion and also the possible loss of employment, wages, and health insurance coverage. This Migration and Development Brief provides a prognosis of how these events might affect global trends in international economic migration and remittances in 2020 and 2021. Considering that migrants tend to be concentrated in urban economic centers (cities), and are vulnerable to infection by the coronavirus, there is a need to include migrants in efforts to fight thecoronavirus. Migrant remittances provide an ...

The economic crisis induced by COVID‐19 could be long, deep, and pervasive when viewed through amigration lens. Lockdowns, travel bans, and social distancing have brought global economic activities to a near standstill. Host countries face additional challenges in many sectors, such as health and agriculture, that depend on the availability of migrant workers. Migrants face the risk of contagion and also the possible loss of employment, wages, ...

The economic crisis induced by COVID‐19 could be long, deep, and pervasive when viewed through amigration lens. Lockdowns, travel bans, and social distancing have brought global economic activities to a near standstill. Host countries face additional challenges in many sectors, such as health and agriculture, that depend on the ...
Inflation Expectations : Review and Evidence

Kose, M. Ayhan; Matsuoka, Hideaki; Panizza, Ugo; Vorisek, Dana (2019-03)

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the determination and evolution of inflation expectations, with a focus on emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). The results suggest that long-term inflation expectations in EMDEs are not as well anchored as those in advanced economies, despite notable improvements over the past two decades. Indeed, in EMDEs, long-term inflation expectations are more sensitive to both domestic and global inflation shocks. However, EMDEs tend to be more successful in anchoring inflation expectations in the presence of an inflation targeting regime, high central bank transparency, strong trade integration, and a low level of public debt.

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the determination and evolution of inflation expectations, with a focus on emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). The results suggest that long-term inflation expectations in EMDEs are not as well anchored as those in advanced economies, despite notable improvements over the past two decades. Indeed, in EMDEs, long-term inflation expectations are more sensitive to both domestic and ...

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the determination and evolution of inflation expectations, with a focus on emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). The results suggest that long-term inflation expectations in EMDEs are not as well anchored as those in advanced economies, despite notable improvements over ...

Follow World Bank Publications on Facebook, Twitter or Linked-In

Parcourir

Cette collection

Fiches auteurs

Statistiques

Focus

Parcourir

Cette collection

Fiches auteurs

Statistiques

Focus

Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade?

Ce document figure dans la(les) collection(s) suivante(s)

Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Lessons from Latin America

COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens

Inflation Expectations : Review and Evidence

Transparency, Trade Costs, and Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific

Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Member Countries : Measuring Progress and Assessing Priorities

Regional Integration in South Asia : What Role for Trade Facilitation?

Restez connecté

Ressources

À propos de

Actualités

Restez connecté

Parcourir

Cette collection

Fiches auteurs

Statistiques

Focus

Parcourir

Cette collection

Fiches auteurs

Statistiques

Focus

Road Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does Network Quality Affect Trade?

Ce document figure dans la(les) collection(s) suivante(s)

Egalement téléchargé par nos visiteurs

Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Lessons from Latin America

COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens

Inflation Expectations : Review and Evidence

Publications associées

Transparency, Trade Costs, and Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific

Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Member Countries : Measuring Progress and Assessing Priorities

Regional Integration in South Asia : What Role for Trade Facilitation?