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Pandemic-induced increases in container freight rates : assessing their domestic effects in a globalized world
Pulido, José - 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the international transportation industry, causing container freight rates to reach record highs from late 2020 and into 2021. I evaluate the dynamic effects of the observed increases in container freight rates all around the world on the domestic inflation, real...
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Belt & Road Initiative in times of "synchronized downturn" : issues, challenges, opportunities
Visvizi, Anna (ed.); Lytras, Miltiadēs (ed.) - 2022
Nearly ten years since the official launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an understanding of what the initiative's objectives are consolidated. However, the short-, mid-, and long-term implications of the initiative are less clear. This is reflected in academic research, as well as in...
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JUE insight: the geography of pandemic containment
Giannone, Elisa; Paixão, Nuno; Pang, Xinle - In: Journal of urban economics 127 (2022), pp. 1-12
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Analysis of berth allocation and inspection operations in a container terminal
Guan, Yongpei; Yang, Kang-hung - In: Maritime economics & logistics : a quarterly scientific … 12 (2010) 4, pp. 347-369
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The impact of mega-ships
OECD / International Transport Forum - 2015
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The Impact of Mega-Ships
International Transport Forum - 2015
Larger container ships have generated cost savings for carriers, decreased maritime transport costs and as such facilitated global trade in the past. However, larger ships require adaptations of infrastructure, equipment and cause larger peaks in container traffic in ports, with wide-ranging...
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The investment opportunities and risks of the Belt and Road Initiative
Zhang, Fan; Zhang, Lisa - 2023
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The impact of the New Silk Road on the Mediterranean and on Italy
Bressan, Matteo - In: China and the new silk road : challenges and impacts on …, (pp. 95-102). 2020
Six years after President Xi Jinping outlined the idea of the Silk Road economic belt during his visit to the University of Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, followed a month later by the announcement of the construction of the twenty-first century maritime Silk Road, the Belt and Road Initiative has...
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Socio-economic impact of China's infrastructure-led growth model in Africa : a case study of the Kenyan Standard Gauge Railway
Zhu, Keren; Mwangi, Ben; Hu, Lynn - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 35 (2023) 4, pp. 614-638
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Special economic zones : economic development in Africa
Mugano, Gift - 2021
This book provides a guide to the challenges of special economic zones. Focusing on Africa, while also discussing China … zones to be productive in Africa. The role of foreign direct investments, job creation, industrialization, and regulation is … also discussed. Special Economic Zones: Economic Development in Africa aims to set out an empirical framework on how to …
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