Shifting Comparative Advantages : Implications for Growth Strategy

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dc.creatorCoulibaly, Souleymane
dc.date2012-12-07T22:05:55Z
dc.date2012-12-07T22:05:55Z
dc.date2012-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:59:03Z
dc.descriptionThe future development of the Tajik economy will be shaped by its comparative advantage on world markets. Exploiting comparative advantage enables an economy to reap gains from trade. Tajikistan's most important comparative advantage is its hydropower potential, which is far larger than the economy's domestic requirements. Yet, high capital costs of building hydropower plants and the unstable geopolitical situation in the transit region to reach South Asian export markets are constraining the realization of this potential. In the short term, the sector, which provides the greatest opportunity for Tajikistan to diversify its exports, appears to be agro-industry and, to a lesser extent, clothing. For both sectors, the main export market is likely to be the regional market. Tajikistan also has a comparative advantage in labor exports, which it has successfully exploited since the mid-2000s. To harness the full potential for labor exports will require improving the skills base of migrant workers and, in particular, their command of the Russian language. In the medium term, the paper argues that an export diversification strategy should tap the agglomeration economies generated by cities. More specifically, establishing Tajikistan's two leading cities, Dushanbe and Khujand, and their surroundings as enclave economies, linked to each other and to major regional markets through improved transport infrastructure so as to minimize production and transportation costs. The two enclave economies should provide the supporting services (finance, logistics, transport and storage) for private sector businesses. In the long term, regional cooperation on trade and transport facilitation could be pursued to reduce transport costs to attractive regional markets such as China, India, Russia and Turkey.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16490839/shifting-comparative-advantages-tajikistan-implications-growth-strategy
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11941
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6125
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413860
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 6125
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKET
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subjectACCESSIBILITY
dc.subjectADVERSE IMPACT
dc.subjectAFFILIATE
dc.subjectAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR TRANSPORT
dc.subjectAIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectBORDER CROSSING
dc.subjectBORDER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectBOTTLENECKS
dc.subjectCARRIERS
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONSOLIDATION
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECREASING PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subjectDEMAND GROWTH
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIVISION OF LABOR
dc.subjectDOMESTIC FLIGHTS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subjectDOMESTIC TRAFFIC
dc.subjectDRIVERS
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STRUCTURE
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPORT GROWTH
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKET
dc.subjectEXPORT MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REGULATION
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHIGHWAY
dc.subjectHIGHWAYS
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURES
dc.subjectINSPECTION
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSIT
dc.subjectITC
dc.subjectJOURNEY
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLEVEL PLAYING FIELD
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subjectMARKET FORCES
dc.subjectMARKET INFORMATION
dc.subjectMETALS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMODAL SPLIT
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMOTOR VEHICLES
dc.subjectPASTURES
dc.subjectPATENTS
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPOTENTIAL INVESTORS
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC FINANCE
dc.subjectRAIL
dc.subjectRAIL CONNECTIONS
dc.subjectRAIL LINES
dc.subjectRAIL NETWORK
dc.subjectRAIL NETWORKS
dc.subjectREAL PRICES
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectRETAIL
dc.subjectRETAIL TRADE
dc.subjectRETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD CROSSING
dc.subjectROAD PROJECTS
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSPREAD
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAINS
dc.subjectSURPLUSES
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE GROWTH
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAX ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectTRAFFIC FLOW
dc.subjectTRANSIT
dc.subjectTRANSIT OPERATORS
dc.subjectTRANSIT SERVICE
dc.subjectTRANSIT SERVICES
dc.subjectTRANSIT SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSIT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectTRANSIT VEHICLES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT FACILITATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT MODES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT OPERATIONS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION SERVICES
dc.subjectTRAVEL TIME
dc.subjectTRIP
dc.subjectTRUCKS
dc.subjectTUNNELS
dc.subjectURBAN ROADS
dc.subjectURBAN SERVICES
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectWHOLESALE TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD MARKETS
dc.titleShifting Comparative Advantages : Implications for Growth Strategy

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