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    Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade: Basing the Future on Land-based Commerce

    Burki, Shahid Javed | March 2016
    Abstract
    This policy brief, while focusing on Afghanistan-Pakistan will take the subject well beyond the exchange of goods and commodities between these two neighbors. It will suggest for trade to become a real driver of growth and social improvement in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, for which a significant paradigm shift will be required. It envisages the development of land based commerce linking not only the two countries but other landlocked countries in Central Asia as well. Five of these are spread over an enormous landmass with no access to open seas. Linking them with western parts of China and providing better access to Afghanistan and through it to Pakistan and South Asia will lead to the development of new trade routes and industries and other economic activities that will contribute to the inevitable increase in trade. We also believe that Afghanistan's economic and trade prospects could increase dramatically if the country's economy could be embedded in the geographic region of which it is a part. To begin with links with Pakistan and to a lesser extent with India and Iran could be improved and expanded to Central Asia.
    Citation
    Burki, Shahid Javed. 2016. Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade: Basing the Future on Land-based Commerce. © The Asia Foundation. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9333.
    Keywords
    Transport
    Transportation
    Trade
    Trade Facilitation
    Trade Potential
    Trade Development
    Trade Agreements
    Regional Trade Integration
    Regional Trade
    Finance And Trade
    Demand For Transport
    Road & Highway Transport
    Road Transportation Systems
    Transport Infrastructure
    Economic integration
    Energy
    Import volume
    Export volume
    Access to markets
    Economic agreements
    Trade financing
    Regional integration
    Vehicle
    Land transport
    Transport economics
    Railways
    Infrastructure
    Railroads
    Roads
    Trade routes
    Markets
    Economic goods
    Economic conditions
    New agricultural enterprises
    Consumer goods
    Road transportation
    Trucking
    Railroads
    Roads
    Trade routes
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    Burki, Shahid Javed
    Theme
    Transport
    Trade
     
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