Economic Cooperation in the Wider Central Asia Region

This paper lays out the big issues that affect regional cooperation and development in the wider Central Asia region, and analyzes in greater detail areas where there appear to be good prospects for progress in the short run. The paper develops a framework for approaching regional cooperation in the wider Central Asia region, based on identifying and analyzing critical linkages among sectors, and explicitly recognizing political obstacles and the corresponding need for political incentives to make progress. Modest, "win-win" initiatives will help build trust and momentum for tackling the more difficult areas, but there may also be opportunities for "bold strokes" to augment, and change the distribution of benefits sufficiently to leverage more substantial progress. The paper notes that progress in regional cooperation has been limited to date, largely on account of political obstacles related to geopolitical rivalries but also due to an inability to agree over the distribution of the potential benefits from cooperation between, and within countries. It then provides a thematic overview of critical clusters of issues including the nexus of: a) border security issues with narcotics, trade facilitation, and people movements; b) transport infrastructure and trade, and transport facilitation; c) irrigation water issues with narcotics, and people movements; and, d) electricity (hydropower), and water issues. Practical short-run recommendations are put forward that take political incentives into consideration.

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Auteurs principaux:	Byrd, William, Raiser, Martin
Autres auteurs:	Dobronogov, Anton
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Langue:	English en_US
Publié:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2006
Sujets:	AGRICULTURE, AIR, APPROACH, ARBITRAGE, BENCHMARKS, BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, BILATERAL TRADE, BORDER AREAS, BORDER ENFORCEMENT, BORDER MANAGEMENT, BORDER TRADE, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITALS, COAL, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONSUMER DURABLES, CONSUMER GOODS, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS DOCUMENTATION, CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, CUSTOMS PROCEDURES, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DOMESTIC REFORMS, ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC POWER, ECONOMIC RELATIONS, ECONOMIC SIZE, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMIC STRUCTURES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY MARKETS, EXPANDING TRADE, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES, EXPORTS, FINANCIAL FLOWS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FLEETS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FREIGHT, FREIGHT COSTS, GAS, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GENERATION, GLOBAL ECONOMY, HARMONIZATION, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION, HIGHWAYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HYDRO POWER, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, IMPORT TARIFF, INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE, LABOR MARKETS, LEGAL STATUS, LEGISLATION, LONG-DISTANCE, MARGINAL COSTS, MIGRATION, MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT, MULTILATERAL PROGRESS, MUTUAL RECOGNITION, NATIONAL POLICIES, NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, NON-TARIFF BARRIERS, OIL, PER CAPITA INCOMES, PIPELINE, POLICY BARRIERS, POLICY REGIMES, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR, RAILWAY, REGIONAL AGREEMENTS, REGIONAL APPROACH, REGIONAL COOPERATION, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL GROUPINGS, REGIONAL INITIATIVES, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, REGIONAL POWERS, REGIONAL RESOURCES, REGIONAL TRANSIT, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, ROAD, ROUTE, ROUTES, SAFETY, SOCIAL TENSIONS, STANDARD ERRORS, SUBSIDIARY, SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS, SUPPLY COSTS, TARIFF BARRIERS, TAX, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRADE RESTRICTIONS, TRADING AGREEMENTS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT CORRIDORS, TRANSIT ROUTES, TRANSIT TRADE, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT FACILITATION, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION MARKETS, TRUCKS, UNDERGROUND, VEHICLE, VEHICLES, WTO,
Accès en ligne:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6743343/economic-cooperation-wider-central-asia-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6969
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