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The One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is a historical landmark which intends to connect more than two-thirds of the world population and opening up the windows for reviving global business, peace and infrastructural development across the countries. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss...
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This study is part of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world …'s knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD will provide a baseline against which future improvements in … sectors in Africa. The AICD is based on an unprecedented effort to collect detailed economic and technical data on the …
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The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic is an unprecedented attempt to collect comprehensive data on the … infrastructure sectors in Africa — covering power, transport, irrigation, water and sanitation, and information and communication … technology (ICT) — and to provide an integrated analysis of the challenges they face. Based on extensive fieldwork across Africa …
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The nexus of the modes of financing, trade, and transport-related infrastructure, quantum of trade activities, and economic growth is the core area of this paper. It covers the impacts of regional economic integration of Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) member countries on...
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We examine the relationship between road quality and regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Roads are an important … public good in Africa, not only because of their positive impact on economic development but also because they are a major …
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Pacific economies are confronted with several structural constraints that limit their economic growth, most importantly their small size and remoteness from major world markets. In this paper we study the importance of transport connectivity for Pacific economies when participating in the world...
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This paper examines the road and railway links in Myanmar connecting northeast India on the one side with the rest of Southeast Asia on the other. It also discusses the importance of new deep-sea ports in creating alternative shipping routes, essential for Myanmar's international links. It also...
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Transportation corridors and reduced trade costs are essential to develop Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries' foreign trade. However, to intensify intra-CAREC trade as well as the region's global exports, the product portfolio of CAREC countries' industry and...
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