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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Georgia Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
government is investing in the one BRI corridor China, Europe route that passes through the Caucuses, partly because it provides … thus less dependent on China's BRI overland corridors for trade, investment and growth. Nevertheless, the Georgian … a faster route to China. The potential for larger volume of Chinese transit cargo on this route may also be attractive …
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Armenia Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Armenia is a small land-locked mountainous country with relatively difficult access to regional and global markets. The borders with Azerbaijan in the east and with Turkey in the southwest and west are closed. Only the borders with Georgia in the north and Iran in the south are open for trade...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Uzbekistan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Uzbekistan is a resource-rich country with a relatively young population of 33 million, the largest in Central Asia. It is also a geographic pivot for the region, bordering all other Central Asian countries and Afghanistan, with transit connections in all directions. As a double landlocked...
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kyrgyz Republic Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
: importing goods through both formal and informal trade systems, mainly from China, and re-exporting (in few cases with some …
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Tajikistan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
future will need substantially higher growth in private investment and exports. Its per capita income (GNI) is close to USD 1 …
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kazakhstan Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
Kazakhstan is an upper-middle income, resource rich country. Its ascent to upper-middle income status was propelled by rising oil production and booming oil prices which pushed the average annual rate to above 7 percent during 2000-2013. The halving of world oil prices and lower export demand...
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Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs - Road Sector
World Bank Group - 2023
The toolkit contains three modules covering the major climate entry points (i.e., alignment with climate policies; incorporation of climate considerations in the project selection; and appraisal of climate effects in the project's economics and financing), followed by a fourth module that...
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Transport and Logistics : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring
World Bank Group - 2022
Transport and logistics services in Myanmar have been substantially hit by the impacts of the February 2021 coup and the surge in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Logistics companies have been affected by rising fuel prices, border closures, and a shortage of shipping containers. While...
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Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs : Road Sector
World Bank Group - 2023
The toolkit contains three modules covering the major climate entry points (i.e., alignment with climate policies; incorporation of climate considerations in the project selection; and appraisal of climate effects in the project's economics and financing), followed by a fourth module that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014366509
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Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring
World Bank Group - 2022
Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed...
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