Abstract
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet countries emerged and became independent and began the transition from centrally—planned economy to a market economy. This paper present...
Highlights
Central Asia is a land—locked region, which has no access to the world’s high seas, but in terms of natural resources, especially petroleum, natural gas and rare metals is very rich and has an important status in the world (Amirahmadian, 2008).Central Asia has a fairly well extended infrastructure network inherited from pre-Soviet and Soviet times
Road routes are identified in regional agreements by the UNESCAP and UNECE in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network, European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (1975) as well as under the framework of the CIS, Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), ECO and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program
Countries that are incorporated into the Silk Road Project are Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, China and South Korea (Bhattacharyay & De, 2009)
Summary
Central Asia has a fairly well extended infrastructure network inherited from pre-Soviet and Soviet times. It is situated at the intersection of several international road and railway routes. Road routes are identified in regional agreements by the UNESCAP and UNECE in the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network, European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (1975) as well as under the framework of the CIS, Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), ECO and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program. International rail networks are determined by the European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (1985), Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network, and under the framework of Organization for Cooperation of Railways, TRACECA and ECO and Western Europe - Western China International Transit Corridor (Emerson & Vinokurov, 2009; Norojono, Roland, & Sugiyarto, 2010; Peterson, 2007; Vinokurov, Dzhadraliyev, & Shcherbanin, 2010). Countries that are incorporated into the Silk Road Project are Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, China and South Korea (Bhattacharyay & De, 2009)
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