Economics and prices

Belt and Road Initiative Trade Costs Database

Last Updated:
August 26, 2025
Countries:
Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Anguilla, Albania + 182
Regions:
East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
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This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before and after the Belt and Road Initiative. Two sets of data are computed to address different research questions: a global database based on an analysis of 1,000 cities in 191 countries and 47 sectors and a regional database that focuses on more granular information (1,818 cities) for Belt and Road economies only.

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Organization
World Bank Group
Topics
Economics and prices  
Last Updated
August 26, 2025
Release Year
2018
Countries
Aruba, Afghanistan, Angola, Anguilla, Albania + 182
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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