This paper assesses the impact of internal infrastructure and landlockedness on Central Asian trade using a panel gravity equation estimated on a large sample of countries (167 countries over 1992-2004). The panel structure of the dataset makes it possible to control for country-pair specific...

Robust economic growth is not possible without putting in place well-focused integrated programs to reduce poverty through empowering the people by increasing their access to the factors of growth, especially credit issues at the micro level. Bridging the gap between the potential demand for and...