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Enhancing the prospects for growth and trade of the Kyrgyz Republic

World Bank

2005

Overview

The Kyrgyz Republic has made major strides in the past decade in its transition to a market-based economy. Its trade and investment policies are arguably the most liberal among the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Despite the generally progressive stance on structural policies and a sound record of macroeconomic management in recent years, economic growth has been modest, living standards are low, a large burden of external debt has accumulated, and integration into global production and trade remains limited. The growth agenda must address more carefully the constraints to greater supply-side response to ongoing reforms—an agenda that can facilitate a broad-based growth of economic activity and exports. Risks to sustainability of current growth rates and continued poverty reduction will otherwise remain high as will the economy’s vulnerability to external shocks. This report is aimed at assisting authorities fashioning this agenda by focusing on three key challenges:Identifying strategic options to strengthen prospects for medium- and long-term growth and poverty reduction; Assessing ways of leveraging domestic trade policy reforms and existing regional and multilateral trade agreements for further regional and global integration; and Identifying key areas where greater efforts are necessary to facilitate improvements in enterprise capability and productivity.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC
• Subject: 1991 / Agreement on Trade, agricultural commodities, Agriculture, Antidumping, antidumping actions, average income, bank lending, bargaining power, barriers to exports, bilateral trade, Business Environment, commercial diplomacy, Commodity Trade, comparative advantage, comparative advantages, competition policies, competitive advantage, competitive advantages, competitive pressures, Competitiveness, conformity assessment, conformity assessment procedures, consumption patterns, CURRENCY, Customs, customs administration, Customs Union, Customs Valuation, debt, discouraged workers, domestic markets, domestic production, Domestic Trade, domestic trade policy reforms, duty-free access, Economic Community, economic growth, economic integration, Economic Outlook, economic resources, Economic Structure, economic welfare, expanding trade, export diversification, Export growth, Export Performance, export sector, export supply, exporters, Exports, external barriers, external debt, external shocks, External Tariff, External Trade, external trade policy, financial crisis, Financial Sector, financial services, fiscal policies, Foreign Direct Investment, foreign direct investments, foreign trade, fostering competition, free access, Free Trade, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreements, free trade area, free trade arrangements, GDP, General Agreement on Tariffs, General Agreement on Trade in Services, Generalized System of Preferences, Global Integration, global markets, global production, Gross Domestic Product, growth potential, growth rate, growth rates, human capital, import demand, import substitution, Income, indirect taxes, inflation rates, international community, international competition, international markets, international organizations, international prices, international standards, international trade, Investment Climate, investment climates, investment policies, investment regime, investment rules, labor costs, labor productivity, legal status, living standards, local market, macroeconomic conditions, macroeconomic management, macroeconomic performance, macroeconomic stability, Market Access, member countries, Most Favored Nation, multilateral trade, multilateral trade agreements, Multipliers, mutual recognition, National Legislation, national standards, national treatment, neighboring countries, organizational structures, preferential markets, preferential trade, preferential trade agreements, primary goods, private sector, Privatization Program, production costs, productivity, productivity growth, protectionist measures, public expenditure, public sector, real exchange rate, real GDP, reform program, Regional Agreements, regional cooperation, regional cooperation arrangements, regional integration, regional integration arrangements, regional markets, Regional Trade, Regional Trade Integration, regional trade patterns, regulatory framework, regulatory reforms, regulatory regime, Safeguard measures, structural reforms, subsidiary rights, Tariff Escalation, tariff liberalization, tariff rate, tariff rates, tariff schedule, Tariff Schedules, taxation, Technical Assistance, Technical Barriers, technical regulations, technology transfer, telecommunications, total factor productivity / Außenwirtschaftspolitik / Commercial policy / Economic conditions / Economic growth / Economics / Kirgisistan / Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyzstan -- Commercial policy / Kyrgyzstan -- Economic conditions -- 1991 / Wirtschaftspolitik / Wirtschaftswachstum
• ISBN: 0821363565, 9780821363560