Analysis of the Efficiency of Transport Infrastructure Connectivity and Trade

Analyzing the efficiency of transport infrastructure connectivity and trade in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is very important for regional integration for international trade in the RCEP. This study aims to significantly measure the efficiency of the connectivity of infrast...

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Published in:Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 15; p. 9613
Main Authors: Netirith, Narthsirinth, Ji, Mingjun
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
Subjects:
Air transportation industry
Airports
Connectivity
Data envelopment analysis
Economics
Efficiency
GDP
Geography
Gross Domestic Product
Infrastructure
International trade
Logistics
Ports
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Roads & highways
Sustainability
Transportation planning
Vietnam
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
Europe
China
ISSN:2071-1050, 2071-1050
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Summary:Analyzing the efficiency of transport infrastructure connectivity and trade in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is very important for regional integration for international trade in the RCEP. This study aims to significantly measure the efficiency of the connectivity of infrastructure in the RCEP for improving the performance of infrastructure connection and suggest the way to improve the connection of infrastructure. Therefore, the input and output variables of infrastructure connectivity have been inserted to achieve this objective. The inputs are: the number of ports, rail range, and road networks, the number of land borders, the number of maritime borders, number of cross border points, railway linkage with other countries, number of ports connected with railways, and the number of ports connected with road base on the “intermodal and multimodal concept”. On the other hand, the output factors most related to trade and economics are GDP, transport, import, and export volume. The paper applied DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) model by using DEAP software to analyze the data. The result reveals that the efficiency of infrastructures connectivity and international trade in 10 countries were efficient and 5 countries were inefficient. The research study presents ways of development to improve the connectivity by investing in the basic infrastructures, such as increasing the logistics connection points and driving forward for international trade in the RCEP.
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ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14159613