Trade and Regional Cooperation between Afghanistan and its Neighbors

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-09-03T21:40:31Z
dc.date2013-09-03T21:40:31Z
dc.date2004-02-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:26:55Z
dc.descriptionThe report envisages significant, medium-term benefits for Afghanistan and its neighbors from trade policy liberalization, from country-by-country reforms in trade logistics, and, especially within Afghanistan, from road rehabilitation and building a commercially-oriented enabling environment for trade, private investment and entrepreneurial development. The growth of regional and transit trade will boost private investment and growth in the short-to-medium term and help to realize the long-term vision for Afghanistan as a country moving toward middle-income status, based on sustainable development of its resources. Recommendations focused on Afghanistan include calls for priority action, with broad support from the international community, aimed at: improving security throughout the country both for persons and property; completing the main road rehabilitation, extending telephone and other telecommunication systems and ensuring that after reconstruction maintenance is undertaken to sustain roads in good condition; streamlining of border crossing procedures; reestablishing formal financial and insurance systems including development of a effective clearance and settlement system; implementing a national customs and transit system; eliminating restrictions on direct transit; removing internal checking-posts and en-route inspections; and increasing domestic trucking competition. To foster a strong, enabling environment for domestic and foreign trade, the study also advocates a set of immediate and short-term measures, including implementing a functioning payments system for international and domestic transfers though the formal banking system; making transit bonds and transport insurance available to shippers; redefining the role of the Afghan Ministry of Commerce to emphasize its mandate in trade and investment promotion relative to it role in trade regulation; supporting a larger role, distinct from that of government, for a private chamber of commerce to assist in export promotion; designing and implementing major capacity-building programs to develop skills and professionalism in banking, insurance and customs; and encouraging truckers and freight forwarders to establish national private industry organizations and to affiliate with international organizations.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3272343/trade-regional-cooperation-between-afghanistan-neighbors
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15547
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/15547
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418184
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO THE SEA
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
dc.subjectBILATERAL AGREEMENT
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE FLOWS
dc.subjectBORDER CROSSINGS
dc.subjectBORDER POST
dc.subjectBORDER TRADE
dc.subjectBOXES
dc.subjectCARGO
dc.subjectCARGO CONSOLIDATION
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL BANKS
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCONCESSIONS
dc.subjectCONSUMER GOODS
dc.subjectCONTAINER TRAFFIC
dc.subjectCONTAINERIZATION
dc.subjectCONTAINERS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectCURRENCY
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectCUSTOMS OFFICERS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS OFFICIALS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS PROCEDURES
dc.subjectCUSTOMS SERVICES
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATORY MEASURES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC COMPETITION
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORT PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectEXPORTERS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subjectFOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subjectFOREIGN TRADE
dc.subjectFORMAL TRADE
dc.subjectFORMAL TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFREE TRADE ZONE
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectFREIGHT COSTS
dc.subjectFREIGHT FORWARDERS
dc.subjectFREIGHT FORWARDING
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGLOBAL TRADE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHANDLING
dc.subjectHARMONIZATION
dc.subjectIMPORT DUTIES
dc.subjectIMPORTED GOODS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINTRA-REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT REGIMES
dc.subjectLANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectLEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectLIFTING
dc.subjectLOGISTIC SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLOGISTICS COSTS
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectMEMBER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMULTILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LOGISTICS
dc.subjectNATIONAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectNEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectNON-TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectNON-TARIFF MEASURES
dc.subjectOPEN TRADE
dc.subjectOPENNESS
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY REGIMES
dc.subjectPORTS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TARIFF
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TRADING
dc.subjectPRINCIPAL TRADING PARTNERS
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE INVESTORS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subjectRECIPROCAL BASIS
dc.subjectREGIONAL APPROACH
dc.subjectREGIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL GROWTH
dc.subjectREGIONAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADING PARTNERS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectROAD CARGO
dc.subjectROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSHIPMENTS
dc.subjectSHIPPERS
dc.subjectSHIPPING
dc.subjectSHIPPING COSTS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectTARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectTRADE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE COSTS
dc.subjectTRADE EXPANSION
dc.subjectTRADE FACILITATION
dc.subjectTRADE FACILITATION ISSUES
dc.subjectTRADE FLOWS
dc.subjectTRADE INTEGRATION
dc.subjectTRADE LINKS
dc.subjectTRADE LOGISTICS
dc.subjectTRADE PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY ISSUES
dc.subjectTRADE REFORMS
dc.subjectTRADE REGIMES
dc.subjectTRADE RELATIONS
dc.subjectTRADE ROUTES
dc.subjectTRADING ARRANGEMENT
dc.subjectTRADING SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSIT
dc.subjectTRANSIT ROUTES
dc.subjectTRANSIT TIMES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COST
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INSURANCE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT OPERATORS
dc.subjectTRANSSHIPMENT
dc.subjectTRUCKS
dc.subjectWORLD ECONOMY
dc.subjectWORLD MARKETS
dc.subjectWORLD PRICES
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; ROAD REHABILITATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; ENABLING ENVIRONMENT; PRIVATE INVESTMENTS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION; BORDER CONTROL; INSURANCE SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS; PAYMENT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT INSURANCE; EXPORT PROMOTION; CAPACITY BUILDING
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