Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors
The report envisages significant, medium-term benefits for Afghanistan and its neighbors from trade policy liberalization, from country-by-country reforms in trade logistics, and, especially within Afghanistan, from road rehabilitation and building...
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ACCESS TO THE SEA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE BILATERAL AGREEMENT BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER POST BORDER TRADE BOXES CARGO CARGO CONSOLIDATION COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES DOMESTIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE FORMAL TRADE FORMAL TRADE BARRIERS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE ZONE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT FORWARDING GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HANDLING HARMONIZATION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTS INCOME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REGIMES LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFTING LOGISTIC SYSTEMS LOGISTICS COSTS MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL LOGISTICS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NON-TARIFF MEASURES OPEN TRADE OPENNESS POLICY REFORMS POLICY REGIMES PORTS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TRADING PRINCIPAL TRADING PARTNERS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RECIPROCAL BASIS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL TRADING PARTNERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD CARGO ROAD TRANSPORT SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LINKS TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ISSUES TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RELATIONS TRADE ROUTES TRADING ARRANGEMENT TRADING SYSTEM TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INSURANCE TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSSHIPMENT TRUCKS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; ROAD REHABILITATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; ENABLING ENVIRONMENT; PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION; BORDER CONTROL; INSURANCE SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT INSURANCE; EXPORT PROMOTION; CAPACITY BUILDING |
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ACCESS TO THE SEA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE BILATERAL AGREEMENT BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER POST BORDER TRADE BOXES CARGO CARGO CONSOLIDATION COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES DOMESTIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE FORMAL TRADE FORMAL TRADE BARRIERS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE ZONE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT FORWARDING GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HANDLING HARMONIZATION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTS INCOME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REGIMES LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFTING LOGISTIC SYSTEMS LOGISTICS COSTS MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL LOGISTICS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NON-TARIFF MEASURES OPEN TRADE OPENNESS POLICY REFORMS POLICY REGIMES PORTS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TRADING PRINCIPAL TRADING PARTNERS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RECIPROCAL BASIS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL TRADING PARTNERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD CARGO ROAD TRANSPORT SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LINKS TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ISSUES TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RELATIONS TRADE ROUTES TRADING ARRANGEMENT TRADING SYSTEM TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INSURANCE TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSSHIPMENT TRUCKS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; ROAD REHABILITATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; ENABLING ENVIRONMENT; PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION; BORDER CONTROL; INSURANCE SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT INSURANCE; EXPORT PROMOTION; CAPACITY BUILDING World Bank Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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The report envisages significant,
medium-term benefits for Afghanistan and its neighbors from
trade policy liberalization, from country-by-country reforms
in trade logistics, and, especially within Afghanistan, from
road rehabilitation and building a commercially-oriented
enabling environment for trade, private investment and
entrepreneurial development. The growth of regional and
transit trade will boost private investment and growth in
the short-to-medium term and help to realize the long-term
vision for Afghanistan as a country moving toward
middle-income status, based on sustainable development of
its resources. Recommendations focused on Afghanistan
include calls for priority action, with broad support from
the international community, aimed at: improving security
throughout the country both for persons and property;
completing the main road rehabilitation, extending telephone
and other telecommunication systems and ensuring that after
reconstruction maintenance is undertaken to sustain roads in
good condition; streamlining of border crossing procedures;
reestablishing formal financial and insurance systems
including development of a effective clearance and
settlement system; implementing a national customs and
transit system; eliminating restrictions on direct transit;
removing internal checking-posts and en-route inspections;
and increasing domestic trucking competition. To foster a
strong, enabling environment for domestic and foreign trade,
the study also advocates a set of immediate and short-term
measures, including implementing a functioning payments
system for international and domestic transfers though the
formal banking system; making transit bonds and transport
insurance available to shippers; redefining the role of the
Afghan Ministry of Commerce to emphasize its mandate in
trade and investment promotion relative to it role in trade
regulation; supporting a larger role, distinct from that of
government, for a private chamber of commerce to assist in
export promotion; designing and implementing major
capacity-building programs to develop skills and
professionalism in banking, insurance and customs; and
encouraging truckers and freight forwarders to establish
national private industry organizations and to affiliate
with international organizations. |
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Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors |
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trade and regional cooperation between afghanistan and its neighbors |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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okr-10986-155472021-04-23T14:03:17Z Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors World Bank ACCESS TO THE SEA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE BILATERAL AGREEMENT BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER POST BORDER TRADE BOXES CARGO CARGO CONSOLIDATION COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONCESSIONS CONSUMER GOODS CONTAINER TRAFFIC CONTAINERIZATION CONTAINERS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CURRENCY CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SERVICES DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES DOMESTIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE FORMAL TRADE FORMAL TRADE BARRIERS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE ZONE FREIGHT FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT FORWARDING GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HANDLING HARMONIZATION IMPORT DUTIES IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTS INCOME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REGIMES LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIFTING LOGISTIC SYSTEMS LOGISTICS COSTS MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL TRADE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL LOGISTICS NATIONAL TREATMENT NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NON-TARIFF MEASURES OPEN TRADE OPENNESS POLICY REFORMS POLICY REGIMES PORTS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TRADING PRINCIPAL TRADING PARTNERS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RECIPROCAL BASIS REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION REGIONAL TRADING PARTNERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD CARGO ROAD TRANSPORT SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING COSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF REDUCTIONS TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FACILITATION ISSUES TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LINKS TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY ISSUES TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE RELATIONS TRADE ROUTES TRADING ARRANGEMENT TRADING SYSTEM TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSIT ROUTES TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INSURANCE TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSSHIPMENT TRUCKS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; ROAD REHABILITATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; ENABLING ENVIRONMENT; PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION; BORDER CONTROL; INSURANCE SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT INSURANCE; EXPORT PROMOTION; CAPACITY BUILDING The report envisages significant, medium-term benefits for Afghanistan and its neighbors from trade policy liberalization, from country-by-country reforms in trade logistics, and, especially within Afghanistan, from road rehabilitation and building a commercially-oriented enabling environment for trade, private investment and entrepreneurial development. The growth of regional and transit trade will boost private investment and growth in the short-to-medium term and help to realize the long-term vision for Afghanistan as a country moving toward middle-income status, based on sustainable development of its resources. Recommendations focused on Afghanistan include calls for priority action, with broad support from the international community, aimed at: improving security throughout the country both for persons and property; completing the main road rehabilitation, extending telephone and other telecommunication systems and ensuring that after reconstruction maintenance is undertaken to sustain roads in good condition; streamlining of border crossing procedures; reestablishing formal financial and insurance systems including development of a effective clearance and settlement system; implementing a national customs and transit system; eliminating restrictions on direct transit; removing internal checking-posts and en-route inspections; and increasing domestic trucking competition. To foster a strong, enabling environment for domestic and foreign trade, the study also advocates a set of immediate and short-term measures, including implementing a functioning payments system for international and domestic transfers though the formal banking system; making transit bonds and transport insurance available to shippers; redefining the role of the Afghan Ministry of Commerce to emphasize its mandate in trade and investment promotion relative to it role in trade regulation; supporting a larger role, distinct from that of government, for a private chamber of commerce to assist in export promotion; designing and implementing major capacity-building programs to develop skills and professionalism in banking, insurance and customs; and encouraging truckers and freight forwarders to establish national private industry organizations and to affiliate with international organizations. 2013-09-03T21:40:31Z 2013-09-03T21:40:31Z 2004-02-18 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3272343/trade-regional-cooperation-between-afghanistan-neighbors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15547 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Afghanistan |