Trade Facilitation in the Caucasus : Final Report
From 15 May to 2 June 2000 COWI conducted a mission to the three Caucasian republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, spending about one week in each country. The mission established an initial overview of trade facilitation issues and conducted...
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| Format: | Institutional and Governance Review (IGR) |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2637737/trade-facilitation-caucasus-final-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14646 |
| Summary: | From 15 May to 2 June 2000 COWI
conducted a mission to the three Caucasian republics of
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, spending about one week in
each country. The mission established an initial overview of
trade facilitation issues and conducted an outline Trade
Facilitation Audit for the region. The purpose of the
mission was to prepare for possible progress towards the
re-opening of borders in the region, in the event that a
peace agreement is reached in Nagorno-Karabakh. This chapter
commences by summarizing some of the most interesting facts,
relating to the movement of a generic consignment in the
Caucasus region, which emerged from the discussions with
stakeholders during the mission. Section 1.2 addresses what
can be considered the key issue of the study; namely,
whether, in the event of peace, the region would realize the
maximum potential benefit, given the current institutional
and operational context. A subsidiary issue is whether all
the constituent countries in the region would benefit, or
whether some would suffer some initial dis-benefits. The
final section of this chapter provides a summary of the key
regional and national recommendations, which have been
identified to try and ensure that the potential benefits of
any settlement are not dissipated in the current
institutional and operational mire. A more detailed
breakdown of the provisional recommendations, by component
and sub-component, together with an estimate of the required
inputs, is provided in Appendix B. |
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