region needs to enhance its connectivity through developing transport infrastructure at the national and regional level to … as on scarce energy resources. This paper presents the needs and benefits of transport connectivity and financing … transport connectivity. Finally, the paper provides policy recommendations on what the region can do to meet these challenges. …

trade-driven growth through increased intraregional infrastructure connectivity and regional economic integration. In 1992 …, a pan-Asian transport connectivity was initiated through, Asian Highway Network and Trans-Asian Railways Network. In … 2015, an ambitious pan-Asian connectivity initiative, namely “One Belt, One Road” (ancient silk road) initiative has been …

national borders and road networks. We first explore how a potential disruption of connectivity through an international border …? This paper takes a granular approach to identify the role of connectivity on economic activity due to severe weather. We … affects local spillovers in case of a weather shock. Second, we use road infrastructure as a proxy for overall connectivity to …

production networks. In the 1970-80´s, South Asia stagnated due to its inward-oriented growth strategy and lack of infrastructure … connectivity-resulting in low trade integration and regional connectivity within the region and with Southeast and East Asia …

In last few decades, Asian production networks have contributed significantly toward the rapid trade expansion and … standards. This can be done by leveraging production networks to graduate to higher value-added, knowledge-intensive activities … facilitated by improving connectivity through increased investment in connecting infrastructure such as transport and …

former offers and the rich data source the latter provides, enable the causal identification of the effect of networks on … the question of the importance of academic networks for migration post the fall of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain. Using … Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph, a scholarly big data source, mapping of academics' networks is possible and information …

This paper studies the effect of coworker-based networks on individual labour market outcomes. I analyse how the … these networks that is due to the occurrence of mass-layoffs in the establishments of former coworkers. The empirical …