Economic Cooperation in the Wider Central Asia Region by William Byrd, Martin Raiser, Anton Dobronogov, Alexander
By William Byrd, Martin Raiser, Anton Dobronogov, Alexander Kitain
This paper explores how you can unencumber the potential of neighborhood improvement and financial cooperation within the wider important Asia quarter. It argues that knowing serious clusters of interrelated concerns, and explicitly bearing in mind geopolitical and political economic climate issues, are key during this regard. local international locations and different stakeholders should still concentrate on a couple of components the place there are actual customers for fulfillment within the brief run; a mixture of modest—win-win—initiatives and in a few cases—bold strokes—that increase and alter the distribution of advantages and for this reason make cooperation prone to carry development.
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Political competition over transmission routes: Energy transmission networks often have “network monopoly” characteristics, which means that in many cases there are discrete either-or choices about transmission routes. Such choices easily can become the subject of destructive geopolitical competition, with the risk of technically and financially attractive routes being blocked and possibly inferior routes chosen due to geopolitical factors. 1). ■ Infrastructure: There is a lack of transregional energy infrastructure (electricity transmission lines and gas pipelines), and the national energy networks in a number of the countries are limited, most notably in Afghanistan, which affects the ability to transfer and utilize energy.
This in turn may encourage Uzbekistan to reconsider its policies vis a vis Tajik transit trade. 2. ) High levels of corruption of customs officials and other inspection agencies Visa restrictions on entry of foreign truckers Truck entry fees Trucking cartels to guarantee safe passage Lack of modern (TIR compatible) trucking fleet Slow speed of rail cargo leading to lack of competitiveness for time sensitive goods Lack of freight forwarding companies that could offer smaller tonnage freights on rail cargo management and customs harmonization, and regulation of the transportation sector, including in relation to competition and private sector investment.
This in turn may encourage Uzbekistan to reconsider its policies vis a vis Tajik transit trade. 2. ) High levels of corruption of customs officials and other inspection agencies Visa restrictions on entry of foreign truckers Truck entry fees Trucking cartels to guarantee safe passage Lack of modern (TIR compatible) trucking fleet Slow speed of rail cargo leading to lack of competitiveness for time sensitive goods Lack of freight forwarding companies that could offer smaller tonnage freights on rail cargo management and customs harmonization, and regulation of the transportation sector, including in relation to competition and private sector investment.