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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 : Tajikistan Country Case Study

World Bank Group - 2020

Tajikistan is the poorest country in the region despite strong growth for nearly two decades; sustaining growth in future will need substantially higher growth in private investment and exports. Its per capita income (GNI) is close to USD 1,000 but nearly a third of its population, of around 9...

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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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Chinese Grand Strategy in the Eurasian Heartland. Belt and Road Initiative in Russia, Belarus, Central Asia and the Caucasus

Kalinin, Alexey - 2020

special for China. We analyze over 160 specific Belt and Road projects in 10 countries for more than US$ 80 billion overall to … come up with a clear concept of how China chooses its target countries and sectors, what its strategic toolkit is made of …

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Russia's war on Ukraine and the rise of the Middle corridor as a third vector of Eurasian connectivity : connecting Europe and Asia via Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey

Eldem, Tuba - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; Stiftung … - 2022

Middle Corridor, both as a regional economic zone comprising Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey but also as an … increasingly attractive alternative route between Europe and China. Russia’s war has disrupted overland connectivity via the New … common interest in enhancing Eurasian connectivity for several reasons: to promote peace and prosperity in the South Caucasus …

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China's belt and road initiative : potential transformation of Central Asia and the South Caucasus

Kohli, Harinder S. (ed.); Linn, Johannes F. (ed.); … - 2019

Road Initiative in the South Caucasus region -- Chapter 9 Building the Belt and Road: The impact on China and Central Asia … Caucasus -- Chapter 12 China's Belt and Road Initiative and Japan, and its impact on Japan-Central Asia relations -- Chapter 13 … millions) -- Chapter 3 An "inside-out" perspective on the impact of the BRI in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Overview …