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Weathering the Storm : Investing in Port Infrastructure to Lower Trade Costs in East Asia

The world economic crisis of 2008 presents clear challenges to prospects for economic growth in developing countries. This is particularly true for emerging economies in East Asia that have relied to a great extent over the past decade on export-le...

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Main Authors:	Abe, Kazutomo, Wilson, John S.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AD VALOREM AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS AVERAGE UTILIZATION BERTH BERTHS BILATERAL TRADE BONDS BOTTLENECKS CANALS CARGO CARGOS CIF COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY CODES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONGESTION COST CONGESTION COSTS CONGESTION INDEX CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONTAINER BERTHS CONTAINER CARGO CONTAINER FACILITIES CONTAINER SHIP CONTAINER SHIPS CONTAINER TERMINALS CONTAINER VESSELS CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERIZED CARGO CONTAINERS COST EFFICIENCY COSTS OF CONGESTION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS VALUE DEMAND CURVE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISCOUNT RATE DREDGING DRIVING ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC FORECASTS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EXCESS PROFITS EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS FARES FISCAL POLICY FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT PAYMENTS FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL COSTS FUEL PRICES FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GROWTH RATE INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES INLAND WATERWAYS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LAND TRANSPORT LARGE CONTAINER VESSELS LENGTH OF ROAD LOADING MARGINAL COSTS MARITIME AFFAIRS MARITIME TRANSPORT MULTIPLIER EFFECT NATURAL RESOURCES OCEAN FREIGHT OCEAN TRANSPORT PER CAPITA INCOMES PORT AUTHORITIES PORT AUTHORITY PORT CAPACITY PORT CONGESTION PORT DEVELOPMENT PORT EFFICIENCY PORT EXPANSION PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT PERFORMANCE PORT SERVICES PORT USERS PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS QUALITY OF TRANSPORTATION QUALITY TRANSPORTATION RAIL RAILROADS RAILWAY RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION REGRESSION ANALYSIS ROAD SEA TRANSPORT SEAPORTS SHIPMENTS SHIPPING SHIPPING COMPANIES SUPPLY CURVE TANKERS TAX TEU TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRUE VEHICLE WAITING TIME WATER TRANSPORTATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090427112624 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4105

Weathering the Storm : Investing in Port Infrastructure to Lower Trade Costs in East Asia

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