Borderless Bazaars and Regional Integration in Central Asia : Emerging Patterns of Trade and Cross-Border Cooperation

Local populations' economic opportunities can be enhanced through special arrangements governing movement of people and goods in neighboring areas. For instance, in the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border-crossing points (BCPs), preferential treatment accorded to residents in contiguous regions varies...

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Main Authors:	Kaminski, Bartlomiej, Mitra, Saumya
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	accord ad valorem agricultural produce Agricultural products agriculture air air travel Apparel apparel industries bank loan barrier bilateral agreements Border Crossing border crossings border measures Border Trade border traffic bridge business associations business climate business environment car cars central planning civil society commodity comparative advantage competitive markets Consumer Goods consumer protection consumers Copyright Clearance Copyright Clearance Center Cross-Border Cooperation Cross-Border Trade Crossing customs Customs clearance customs duties customs procedures Customs Union debt decentralization decision making development strategies dividends Domestic Consumption domestic markets domestic producers economic agreements Economic Cooperation Economic Development economic efficiency Economic integration economic reform economic resources economic welfare economies of scale European Union exchange rate excise taxes exporters Exports Externalities extreme poverty financial support Fixed Costs flat rate foreign customers Foreign Sales Foreign Trade fragmentation of markets free trade freight GDP geographic reach government intervention government interventions gross domestic product gross margin growth policies heavy trucks highway highway reconstruction Hours of operation import activity import prices imported goods Imported Products Income incomes industrial products industrialized countries Information Technology infrastructure investments infrastructure projects Institutional Model insurance internal trade International Bank international organizations international trade joint ventures land transport lanes legal framework liberalization local transport macroeconomics market economies market integration means of transport motor vehicles multiplier effects national income Output passenger vehicles passengers Patterns of Trade petroleum products policy makers Positive Externalities Potential Benefits Potential buyers preferential treatment price differentials profit margins property rights public policy railway railways rapid expansion Regional Integration regulatory regime regulatory requirements remote locations remote regions reputation road road network roads route routes rule of law scale effects security risks selling price Share of World Exports side effects Specialization sustainable development tax taxation taxi drivers taxis trade agreements trade barriers trade channels Trade data trade effects trade expansion trade facilitation Trade Flows Trade Integration Trade Policy trade regime Trade Regimes trading activities transaction costs transit transport transport costs transportation transportation costs travel costs treaties trip trips truck transport trucks true turnover unemployment value of exports vehicle Vehicles volume of trade wages welfare gains welfare losses wholesale markets
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