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Stabilization and Association Process in the Banlkans : Integration Options and their Assessment

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dc.contributor.authorKaminski, Bartlomiej
dc.contributor.authorde la Rocha, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-01T21:23:42Z
dc.date.available2014-05-01T21:23:42Z
dc.date.issued2003-08
dc.description.abstractThe stabilization and association process launched by the European Union in the aftermath of the Kosovo war in 1999 has created a new policy environment for five South East European countries (SEE-5). In exchange for EU assistance, the prospect of EU accession, and the continuation of preferential access to EU markets, SEE-5 governments have to upgrade their institutions and governance by European standards and engage in mutual regional cooperation, including stability pact member-countries. The authors examine the benefits to SEE-5 of trade liberalization along two dimensions and suggest conditions under which these could be maximized. They argue that the process of regional trade liberalization should be extended to multilateral liberalization, aligning SEE-5 most-favored-nation (MFN) applied tariffs on industrial products with EU MFN tariffs, and that priority be given to structural reforms and regional cooperation aimed at trade facilitation. As inter-industry trade rather than intra-industry trade dominates intra-SEE-5 trade, the potential for expansion in intra-SEE-5 trade is limited at least within the confines of the existing production structures and transportation infrastructure. Therefore SEE-5 free trade agreements are unlikely to contribute to economic growth without concurrent efforts to improve infrastructure, trade facilitation, business, and investment climate, as well as to increase competition from MFN imports to external preferential suppliers through multilateral liberalization.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2494637/stabilization-association-process-banlkans-integration-options-assessment
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3108
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18140
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3108
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectSEE-5
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.titleStabilization and Association Process in the Banlkans : Integration Options and their Assessmenten
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okr.crossref.titleStabilization and Association Process in the Balkans: Integration Options and their Assessment
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:41:15.311557Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2494637/stabilization-association-process-banlkans-integration-options-assessment
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3108
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_03082804014122
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2494637
okr.identifier.reportWPS3108
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.sectorIndustry and trade :: Other domestic and international trade
okr.sectorIndustry and trade :: General industry and trade sector
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Regional Integration
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Free Trade
okr.topicPayment Systems and Infrastructure
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Rules of Origin
okr.unitPoverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region
okr.volume1
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