Trade Costs and Development: A New Data Set

Jean-François Arvis (), Ben Shepherd, José Guilherme Reis (), Yann Duval and Chorthip Utoktham
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Jean-François Arvis: World Bank
José Guilherme Reis: World Bank
Yann Duval: United Nations ESCAP
Chorthip Utoktham: United Nations ESCAP

World Bank - Economic Premise, 2013, issue 104, 1-4

Abstract: The World Bank and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly prepared a new global data set of bilateral trade costs based on trade and production data. Accessible on the World Bank Open Data Web site, it opens new analytical possibilities for policy makers and researchers working on trade integration. The data stress the importance of supply chains and connectivity constraints in explaining the higher costs and lower levels of trade integration observed in developing countries.

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Date: 2013
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