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原文传递 Integrating Border Regions : Connectivity and Competitiveness in South Asia

题名：	Integrating Border Regions : Connectivity and Competitiveness in South Asia
责任者：	Cali, Massimiliano<=>Farole, Thomas<=>Kunaka, Charles<=>Wagle, Swarnim
关键词：	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth；Markets and Market Access；Transport Economics Policy and Planning；Economic Theory and Research；Private Sector Development；Emerging Markets；Macroeconomics and Economic Growth；Regional Economic Development；Transport
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	Deeper regional integration can be beneficial especially for regions along international borders. It can open up new markets on opposite sides of borders and give consumers wider access to cheaper goods. This paper uses data from five contiguous districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the northeast of the subcontinent to measure the degrees of trade complementarity between districts. The paper illustrates that the regions are underexploiting the potential of intraregional commerce. Price wedges of up to 90 percent in some important consumption products along with measures of complementarity between households' production and consumption suggest the potential for relatively large gains from deeper trade integration. Furthermore, an examination of a specific supply chain of tea highlights factors that help industries scale up, aided by institutions such as an organized auction and decent physical and legal infrastructure. However, districts alike in geography but located across international boundaries face different development prospects, suggesting that gains from reduced "thickness of borders" would not accrue automatically. Much rests on developing intrinsic industry competitiveness at home, including the reform of regulatory and business practices and infrastructural bottlenecks that prevent agglomeration of local economies.
出版机构：	World Bank
报告类型：	咨询报告
详细地址：	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19898923/integrating-border-regions-connectivity-competitiveness-south-asia-integrating-border-regions-connectivity-competitiveness-south-asia
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	2014-07
最新修改时间：	2017-12-14T09:06:39Z