Road infrastructure in Europe and central Asia: does network quality affect trade?

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Policy Research Working Paper, no. 4104Publication details: Washington, D. C. The World Bank 2006Description: 46 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
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Summary: 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. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685631468034174351/Road-infrastructure-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia-does-network-quality-affect-trade
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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.

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685631468034174351/Road-infrastructure-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia-does-network-quality-affect-trade

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