The Role of Infrastructure Investment Location in China's Western Development

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dc.creatorXubei Luo
dc.date2013-06-25T18:56:43Z
dc.date2013-06-25T18:56:43Z
dc.date2004-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:26:07Z
dc.descriptionDevelopment of the western region is vital to the balanced growth of China. The author studies the impacts of infrastructure investment that may most efficiently alleviate the burden of geographical remoteness of the West. Having constructed the �adjusted distance� to approximate the transport cost, which takes into account the effects of real distance and infrastructure development, the author defines the �peripheral degree� to measure the effective remoteness of a province to an economic center. Using panel data for 1979�99 from the Chinese provinces, she shows that geographic attractiveness plays a significant role in a Solow-type growth determination model. Given the invariability of pure geographic position, progress in transportation facilities is essential to reduce the geographic handicap and to encourage the catching-up of the western region. The author�s simulation results show that the central transportation hubs (Hubei, Henan, and Hunan) merit most infrastructure investments, for they favor the development of many provinces, if regional balanced growth is considered as the prime objective. In particular, improvement in the transportation facilities in central hubs will have greater effects on western development than that in the western region by itself. Improvements in the transportation facilities of the central hubs substantially improves the geographic attractiveness of the western region by reducing the transport cost from the West to the Coast and by promoting the emergence of new economic centers in such hubs, which tends to modify the national economic geographic structure.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4984776/role-infrastructure-investment-location-chinas-western-development
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14182
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3345
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418068
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relationPolicy, Research working paper series;no. WPS 3345
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3345
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHICAL BALANCE
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
dc.subjectPANEL DATA SETS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT FACILITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subjectCONVERGENCE
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC SIZE
dc.subjectESTIMATION RESULTS
dc.subjectEXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXTERNAL POLICY
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectFOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGROWTH PATTERN
dc.subjectGROWTH PROSPECTS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectGROWTH THEORY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINTEREST RATE
dc.subjectINTERNAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectINVESTMENT LOCATION
dc.subjectINVESTMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectINVESTMENT RATE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT RATIO
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectLOCAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectLONG RUN
dc.subjectMARGINAL RETURN
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMARKET ENLARGEMENT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE SIGN
dc.subjectNEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL
dc.subjectOPTIMIZATION
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION STRUCTURE
dc.subjectPROFIT MARGIN
dc.subjectPROGNOSIS
dc.subjectRAPID GROWTH
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectREGIONAL GROWTH
dc.subjectREGIONAL MARKET
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL STABILITY
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subjectTRADE PARTNERS
dc.subjectTRADE VOLUME
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COST
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectUNDERDEVELOPMENT
dc.titleThe Role of Infrastructure Investment Location in China's Western Development

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