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Trade, transnational infrastructure investments and economic development: Evidence from the New Silk Road

Project Active from 1 Apr 2024 to 15 Aug 2026 Trade and Sustainable Growth

This study investigates large-scale road and railroad construction implemented in Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The study explores the extent to which large transnational infrastructure helps the structural transformation of low- and middle-income countries.

Researchers

Cong Peng

Assistant Professor at the National School of Development and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University

Dzhamilya Nigmatulina

Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Lausanne

Mazhar Waseem

Professor of Economics, University of Manchester

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