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- Policy Studies
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May 15, 2007 09:51
This issue was published under the title "Turning the Corner: The Economic Revival of Central Asian"
- Centralization Trade-off with Non-Uniform Taxes.
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May 15, 2007 09:51
This paper deals with the relative merits of centralized and decentralized provision of local public goods.
- Transaction Cost Economics: Basic Concepts and Extensions
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May 15, 2007 09:51
This report analyses two different mechanisms of coordination: the mechanism of free choice (the market coordination mechanism) and the mechanism of central planning.
- The Prospects and Problems of Central Asian Integration
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May 15, 2007 09:53
The focus of this study is the development of the relationship between the five CIS countries in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) since the disintegration of the USSR, and the reasons why their cooperation would be desirable in the future.
- Central Asia: Governance, geopolitics and development challenges
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May 15, 2007 09:53
This policy paper claims that Central Asia needs more serious external engagement in its development.
- Strategic Delegation and Complementary Public Goods
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The paper presents a simple model of public goods provision in two regions and discerns between regimes of centralization and decentralization of political decision making.
- Fiscal Centralization and Decentralization Game
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The paper presents a model of public goods provision in two regions and discerns between regimes of centralization and decentralization of political decision making.
- Central Asia: governments, banks gradually open up to Islamic banking
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article is a comparative analysis of the activities of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in the region, to which all Central Asia countries are member by now. The IDB’s largest Central Asian stakeholder is Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is the smallest.
- Japan Promotes Multilateralism in Central Asia
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The author of the article supposes that Japan is promoting multilateralism in Central Asia as it strives to expand its economic and political presence in the region. A key element in Tokyo’s regional strategy is close cooperation with the United States.
- Russia’s Central Asia energy strategy experiences a few setbacks
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article focuses on how Russia has experienced several setbacks in its ongoing efforts to secure its energy dominance in Central Asia. Both Uzbek and Tajik officials have taken steps of late to reduce Russia’s energy position in their respective countries.
- Central Asia: EU takes its case to Astana
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article deals with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier who took Europe’s case for stepped-up relations with Central Asia to the Kazakh capital today.
- UN Report: Central Asia countries will face a negative prospect of ecological change
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article summarizes new report by UN Intergovernmental Commission on Climate Change. As the report notes in the nearest decades natural disasters will increase in Central Asia and will become more regular and destructive.
- Washington to make diplomatic push for greater economic integration in Central, South Asia
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article deals with reasons and ways the United States will expend diplomatic energy in the coming months on promoting free trade among states in Central and South Asia.
- A conference under the aegis of UN provokes trade development in Central Asia
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The article focuses on the proposal made by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev at the UN Conference on landlocked countries. He announced that he supports an attempt to increase volume of trade among Central Asian countries, but the author supposes that absence of mechanism of cooperation in the sphere of trade is the main obstacle for economic development in the region.
- Tajikistan: problems of trade and partnership with Central Asia countries (including Afghanistan and Xingiang Autonomous Region)
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May 15, 2007 09:54
The paper considers border strictness among Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Xingiang Autonomous Region and its negative effect on transportation, transit, trade and cooperation among the countries.
- Tajik approach to regional economic cooperation with Central Asian countries (including Afghanistan)
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper identifies obstacles to regional cooperation and gives recommendations for amelioration the situation
- Beyond borders: Reconsidering regional trade in Central Asia
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May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper investigates barriers to trade in Central Asia, with a particular focus on price variations between tradable goods. It finds that while prices vary significantly across the region, variations within one country are just as large as variations across countries. The paper also finds that the borders with Uzbekistan are considerably more difficult to trade across than those with Kazakhstan or the Kyrgyz Republic.
- Foreign direct investment financing of capital formation in central and eastern Europe
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May 16, 2007 14:41
This paper looks at the relation between foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross fixed capital formation in transition countries as well as other sources of capital formation financing, namely debt financing, capital market financing and subsidies. The paper shows that capital formation is positively associated with FDI, along with domestic debt and capital market financing, but negatively correlated with stock market liquidity.

