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The Eurasian connection

Rastogi, Cordula, Arvis, Jean-François

2014

Overview

Central Asia is often associated with the silk route or road, the longest overland trade route connecting China to Europe and one of the oldest in history. Growth opportunities and the future prosperity of the region are highly dependent upon the efficiency of its internal and external supply-chain connections, which is the focus of this report. Supply-chain connectivity depends on the quality of the infrastructure on specific routes. This study explains how supply chain fragmentation remains a serious obstacle to economic development of Central Asia and to Eurasian integration more generally. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the various factors that yet impede supply-chain integration, including weak transport and communications infrastructure, but as important, and perhaps more so, critical weaknesses in policy, institutions, and governance. Based on this assessment this report provides an insightful set of recommendations that, if taken up by the governments of Central Asia and by their key neighbors, will go a long way in promoting the effective integration of Central Asia into an increasingly connected Eurasian continental economy and with that into the global economy.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: AD VALOREM / AGRICULTURE / AIM / AIR / ALTERNATIVE ROUTES / Asia, Central / AUTOMOBILES / AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR / BACKBONE / BILATERAL TRADE / BLOCK TRAINS / BONDED WAREHOUSES / BORDER CROSSING / BORDER CROSSINGS / BORDER MANAGEMENT / BOTTLENECKS / BOXES / BRIDGE / BUSINESS ASSOCIATION / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT / Business logistics / Business logistics -- Asia, Central / BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES / BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY / BUYERS / CAPABILITIES / CAPABILITY / CAR / CARGO / CARRIAGE / CARRIERS / CARS / COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES / COMMERCIAL VEHICLES / COMMODITIES / COMMODITY / COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE / CONNECTIVITY / CONSUMER MARKETS / CONTAINERS / COPYRIGHT / COST OF TRANSPORT / CUSTOMS / CUSTOMS BROKERS / CUSTOMS CHARGES / CUSTOMS CLEARANCE / CUSTOMS DECLARATION / CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS / CUSTOMS DUTIES / CUSTOMS PROCEDURES / DANGEROUS GOODS / DELIVERIES / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS / DRIVERS / E-MAIL / ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES / ECONOMIC COOPERATION / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC INTEGRATION / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION / EXPORTS / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FRAUD / FREE TRADE / FREIGHT FORWARDERS / FREIGHT TRANSPORT / FREIGHT WAGONS / GDP / GDP PER CAPITA / GLOBAL ECONOMY / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROWTH OF TRADE / GROWTH POTENTIAL / GROWTH RATE / HANDLING / HARMONIZATION / HEAVY TRUCKS / HIGHWAY / INDUSTRY STANDARDS / INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION / INSTITUTION / INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK / INTEGRATION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES / INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS / INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES / INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS / INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES / INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS / INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT / JOINT VENTURE / LAN / LAND TRANSPORT / LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES / LEGACY SYSTEMS / LEGAL ENVIRONMENT / LICENSE / LICENSES / LOGISTICS COMPANIES / LOGISTICS COMPANY / LOGISTICS COSTS / LOGISTICS PROVIDERS / LOGISTICS SYSTEMS / LONG-DISTANCE / LONG-DISTANCE CONNECTIONS / LONG-DISTANCE ROAD / LONG-DISTANCE TRAFFIC / MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / MANUFACTURING / MARKET SEGMENTATION / MATERIAL / MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT / MODE OF TRANSPORTATION / NATIONAL INCOME / NATIONAL LOGISTICS / NATURAL RESOURCES / NICHE MARKETS / PASSENGER VEHICLES / PHOTO / PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS / PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE / POPULATION DENSITIES / POPULATION DENSITY / PRIVATE SECTOR / PROCUREMENT / PRODUCTION PROCESS / PROTOCOL / PROTOCOLS / QUALITY OF SERVICES / QUALITY OF TRANSPORT / QUALITY OF TRANSPORTATION / QUERIES / RAIL / RAIL CONNECTIONS / RAIL CORRIDORS / RAIL COSTS / RAIL DEVELOPMENT / RAIL FREIGHT / RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE / RAIL LINK / RAIL LINKS / RAIL NETWORKS / RAIL SERVICES / RAIL TRANSIT / RAIL TRANSPORT / RAILROAD / RAILWAY / RAILWAY COMPANIES / RAILWAY SECTOR / RAILWAY SYSTEM / RAILWAYS / REGIONAL NETWORK / REGIONAL RAIL NETWORK / RELIABILITY / RESULT / RESULTS / ROAD / ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE / ROAD LINKS / ROAD MAINTENANCE / ROAD NETWORK / ROAD SERVICES / ROAD TRANSPORT / ROADS / ROLLING STOCK / ROUTE / ROUTES / SEARCH / SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE / SHIPMENTS / SHIPPING / Silk Road / SILOS / SUPPLY CHAIN / SUPPLY CHAINS / SUPPLY NETWORK / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TELEPHONE / TERMINAL FACILITIES / TRACEABILITY / TRADE FACILITATION / TRADE LOGISTICS / TRADE POLICY / Trade routes / Trade routes -- Asia, Central / TRADE SYSTEMS / TRAFFIC / TRANSIT / TRANSIT INFORMATION / TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS / TRANSIT OPERATORS / TRANSIT OPTIONS / TRANSIT ROUTES / TRANSIT SYSTEM / TRANSIT SYSTEMS / TRANSIT TRADE / TRANSITION ECONOMIES / TRANSLATION / TRANSPORT CORRIDORS / TRANSPORT COSTS / TRANSPORT FACILITATION / TRANSPORT FACILITIES / TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE / TRANSPORT SECTOR / TRANSPORT SERVICES / TRANSPORT STRATEGY / TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY / TRANSPORTATION / Transportation -- Asia, Central / TRANSPORTATION COSTS / TRANSPORTATION DEMAND / TRANSPORTATION POLICIES / TRANSPORTATION SERVICES / TRANSPORTS / TRUCKS / USERS / VALUATION / VALUE ADDED / WEALTH
• ISBN: 0821399128, 9780821399125