Pomfret, Richard - In: Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 2 (2010) 3, pp. 237-256
trade. Since independence the Central Asian countries have continued to exploit their comparative advantage in raw material … exports, but their trade has been hampered by poor transport facilities and by failure to improve the soft infrastructure of … trade. Being landlocked exacerbates these weaknesses, but location could be turned to advantage as Central Asia is adjacent …