Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality

This paper explores how the New Silk Road Initiative, which is presented as a concept founded on economic rationality, tends to offer an ideological perspective on transport and trade for the Central Asian region. The New Silk Road Initiative advocates for more transport infrastructure in Central As...

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Main Authors:	Peyrouse, Sebastien, Raballand, Gael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	silk road transport economics landlocked border management ideology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23559

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spelling	okr-10986-235592021-04-23T14:04:16Z Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality Peyrouse, Sebastien Raballand, Gael silk road transport economics landlocked border management ideology This paper explores how the New Silk Road Initiative, which is presented as a concept founded on economic rationality, tends to offer an ideological perspective on transport and trade for the Central Asian region. The New Silk Road Initiative advocates for more transport infrastructure in Central Asia without tackling the most significant barriers to trade: production patterns, widespread corruption, and poor management practices at borders. 2016-01-05T19:05:46Z 2016-01-05T19:05:46Z 2015-11-15 Journal Article Eurasian Geography and Economics 1538-7216 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23559 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Central Asia China
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description	This paper explores how the New Silk Road Initiative, which is presented as a concept founded on economic rationality, tends to offer an ideological perspective on transport and trade for the Central Asian region. The New Silk Road Initiative advocates for more transport infrastructure in Central Asia without tackling the most significant barriers to trade: production patterns, widespread corruption, and poor management practices at borders.
format	Journal Article
author	Peyrouse, Sebastien Raballand, Gael
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title	Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality
title_short	Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality
title_full	Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality
title_fullStr	Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality
title_full_unstemmed	Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality
title_sort	central asia : the new silk road initiative’s questionable economic rationality
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Central Asia : The New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality

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