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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3272343/trade-regional-cooperation-between-afghanistan-neighbors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15547