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Over the past two decades, the literature on comparative development has moved from
country-level to within-country analyses. The questions asked have expanded in scope as …

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 …

We investigate the effects of the recently constructed Chinese national highway system on
local economic outcomes. On average, roads that improve access to local markets have …

As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of
history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on …

This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also
referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative …

This paper estimates the effects of improving public transit infrastructure on city structure and
welfare. It develops a sufficient statistics approach common to a class of quantitative urban …

How do development projects influence the geographic distribution of economic activity
within low-income and middle-income countries? Existing research focuses on the effects of …

This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic
outcomes in China over a twenty-year period of rapid income growth. It addresses the …

This article investigates the role of intercity transport costs in determining the income of sub-
Saharan African cities. In particular, focusing on fifteen countries whose largest city is a port …