Shifting Comparative Advantages : Implications for Growth Strategy

Shifting Comparative Advantages : Implications for Growth Strategy

The future development of the Tajik economy will be shaped by its comparative advantage on world markets. Exploiting comparative advantage enables an economy to reap gains from trade. Tajikistan's most important comparative advantage is its hy...

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Main Author:	Coulibaly, Souleymane
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ADVERSE IMPACT AFFILIATE AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR ARABLE LAND BORDER CROSSING BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS CARRIERS COAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONSOLIDATION CONSUMERS DEBT DECREASING PRODUCTIVITY DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES DEMAND GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVISION OF LABOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC TRAFFIC DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTS EXPENDITURE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRANSPORT EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SECTOR FREIGHT GDP GOVERNMENT REGULATION GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GROWTH RATE HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT ITC JOURNEY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARKET FORCES MARKET INFORMATION METALS MIGRATION MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MODAL SPLIT MODE OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES PASTURES PATENTS POLICE POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRODUCERS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FINANCE RAIL RAIL CONNECTIONS RAIL LINES RAIL NETWORK RAIL NETWORKS REAL PRICES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETAIL RETAIL TRADE RETURNS TO SCALE RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD CROSSING ROAD PROJECTS ROADS SAFETY SPREAD SUPPLY CHAINS SURPLUSES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRANSIT TRANSIT OPERATORS TRANSIT SERVICE TRANSIT SERVICES TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSIT VEHICLES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRAVEL TIME TRIP TRUCKS TUNNELS URBAN ROADS URBAN SERVICES URBAN TRANSPORT VALUATION WHOLESALE TRADE WORLD MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16490839/shifting-comparative-advantages-tajikistan-implications-growth-strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11941

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16490839/shifting-comparative-advantages-tajikistan-implications-growth-strategy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11941

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