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The effects on international road freight transportation of the protectionist policies concerning the truck manufacturing industry in Belarus: January 18, 2008 16:35
This paper discusses the protectionist policies concerning the truck manufacturing industry in Belarus and its effects on international road freight transportation.

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Tags: international, road, freight, transportation, truck, manufacture, industry, Belarus
Road infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia : does network quality affect trade ?: November 26, 2007 17:00
The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly associated with higher intraregional trade flows.

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Tags: Europe, Central, Asia, road, trade
Financing infrastructure in developing countries : lessons from the railway age: November 26, 2007 16:58
In recent years suggestions for reforming the provision and financing of infrastructure services in developing countries have focused on private participation. This alternative to public financing is seen as a way both to minimize the inefficiencies of public administration and to avoid the need for external borrowing. If fact, for much of the nineteenth century, infrastructure projects were privately financed and built. This approach, however, did not obviate the need for government intervention and foreign capital. Because of the difficulties of assessing projects, investors were reluctant to commit their funds, and governments turned to subsidies and loan guarantees to encourage investment. Often, however, government intervention only replaced one set of problems with another. Investors with government-guaranteed loans had no incentive to monitor the firm's performance - a limitation that led to the diversion of funds and frustrated the public interest. This article draws out the implications of this experience for policymakers in developing countries today.

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Tags: finance, bank, infrastructure
Azerbaijan - Rail Trade and Transport Facilitation Project : environmental assessment: November 26, 2007 16:55
The main project objective for Azerbaijan rail trade and transport facilitation is to improve sustainability of the capacity, competitiveness, profitability and efficiency of the Azeri Railways in particular along the transport corridors toward Georgia (East West Corridor).

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Tags: Azerbaijan, trade, transport, railway, environment
Bridge connecting Tajikistan and Afghanistan set to open: May 15, 2007 09:54
This photo story is about opening a major new piece in Central Asia’s expanding transportation grid -- a bridge across the Pyanj River connecting Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The United States, which supplied most of the funding and know-how for the project, hopes the bridge will promote regional stabilization.

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Tags: bridge, Tajikistan, transportation
Independent Regulation in Infrastructure Sectors: The Case for Regulating Local Transportation Markets in Belarus: May 15, 2007 09:53
This paper is dedicated to the problem of independent regulation in infrastructure sectors. The paper argues that independent regulators should be established to regulate local passenger transportation markets.

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Tags: infrastructure, transportation, Belarus,
The effects on international road freight transportation of the protectionist policies concerning the truck manufacturing industry in Belarus: May 15, 2007 09:53
This paper discusses the protectionist policies concerning the truck manufacturing industry in Belarus and its effects on international road freight transportation.

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Tags: belarus, truck, transportation
The Role of the Public and Private Sector in Air Transport Infrastructure: May 15, 2007 09:53
The current presentation was made by a Department Manager on Infrastructure, Economy and Finance of the World Bank

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Tags: public, private, air, transport