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245 0 0 _aInfrastructures role in lowering Asias trade costs :
_bbuilding for trade /
_cedited by Douglas H. Brooks, David Hummels.
260 0 _aCheltenham :
_bEdward Elgar,
_cc2009.
300 _axi, 264 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aBrooks (Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan) and Hummels (economics, Purdue U., US) present 8 papers conceptually and empirically exploring the role of infrastructure development in facilitating trade in Asia by lowering costs. Topics include implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs of trends in Asian trade, trade costs and Asian ports, empirical estimates of transportation costs in Asia, port competitiveness in Indonesia, the importance of foreign direct investment and exports to infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia, infrastructure development in the fast- growing economy of China, and trade transportation costs in South Asia.
650 4 _aInfrastructure (Economics)
_zAsia.
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700 _aBrooks, Douglas H.,
_eEditor.
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700 _aHummels, David,
_eEditor.
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856 _uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/rdk16sw3fsuvld7m39p8jmt38h09td0h
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