production networks. In the 1970-80’s, South Asia stagnated due to its inward-oriented growth strategy and lack of infrastructure … regions. This paper examines the prospects and challenges of enhancing trade, investment, production and infrastructure …

China’s Hukou system poses severe restrictions on labor mobility. This paper assesses the consequences of relaxing … these restrictions for China’s internal economic geography. We base our analysis on a new economic geography model. First …, we obtain estimates of the important model parameters on the basis of information on 264 of China’s prefecture cities …

to the People Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN for assembly by lower-skilled workers. The finished products are then … facilitated by improving connectivity through increased investment in connecting infrastructure such as transport and … considers how infrastructure investment in large and connecting projects could help to rebalance and sustain growth in the …

We investigate the empirical determinants of China’s outward direct investment (ODI). It is found that China … developed and developing countries, there is evidence that a) both market seeking and resources seeking motives drive China …’s ODI, b) the Chinese exports to developing countries induce China’s ODI, c) China’s international reserves promote its ODI …