The Belt and Road Initiative : economic, poverty and environmental impacts / Maryla Maliszewska, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Policy research working paper ; 8814Publisher: Washington, DC, USA : World Bank Group, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, April 2019Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 69 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: The Belt and Road Initiative: Economic, Poverty and Environmental Impacts. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2019DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8814Online resources: Summary: China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to improve connectivity between China and more than 70 countries through infrastructure investment and regional cooperation. The initiative has the potential to accelerate significantly the rate of economic integration and development in the region, as trade costs decline. The goals of this paper are to (i) study the impacts of infrastructure improvements on Belt and Road Initiative and non-Belt and Road Initiative countries' trade flows, growth, and poverty; and (ii) suggest policies that would help maximize gains from the Belt and Road Initiative-induced trade cost declines. The analysis captures the trade costs reductions as a result of infrastructure improvements. The findings indicate that the Belt and Road Initiative would be largely beneficial. First, global income increases by 0.7 percent (in 2030 relative to the baseline). This translates into almost half a trillion dollars in 2014 prices and market exchange rates. The Belt and Road Initiative area captures 82 percent of the gain, with the largest percent gains in East Asia. Second, globally, the Belt and Road Initiative could contribute to lifting 8.7 million people from extreme poverty and 34 million from moderate poverty. Third, the initiative would lead to a modest increase in global carbon dioxide emissions, with a complex set of positive and negative outcomes at the national level for other types of emissionsPPN: PPN: 1666297356Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-110-WBL | ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBONo physical items for this record
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