世界银行：2024年缩小经济距离：了解市场和地方如何降低发展中国家的运输成本报告（英文版）

Even though transport costs have decreased in recent decades, the global economy is still not fully integrated. Developing countries face higher transport prices and longer shipping times than developed countries. For example, exporting to the United States from a low-income country is 57% more expensive than from a high-income country.

Shrinking the economic distance, or reducing transport prices and time related costs, between people and firms can greatly benefit developing economies