REGIONAL ECONOMIC SPILLOVERS OF SEAPORT-DRY PORT MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY: A CHINA-UZBEKISTAN CORRIDOR PERSPECTIVE

Lower generalized transport costs are translated into better market access, denser trade linkages and changes in firms' location incentives, which results in wider economic effects of transport infrastructure. These effects are not just sectoral, but also spatial, from a new economic geography point of view, because enhanced connectivity can boost agglomeration in some locations and diffuse it in others. Dry ports expand the capabilities of seaports to the land and can facilitate gateway-hinterland connections to become multimodal transport networks.

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