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What Promises Does the Eurasian Customs Union Hold for the Future?
dc.contributor.author | Carneiro, Francisco G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-12T19:18:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-12T19:18:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | Established in 2010, the Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) carries significant economic weight as three of its member countries represent a potentially large consumer market. Drawing on existing literature that has studied the likely impacts of the ECU in Central Asia, this note discusses the ECU's pitfalls and potential benefits. After briefly describing the main features of the ECU, this note assesses whether the changes introduced after its establishment have benefitted all of its members equally, and concludes with a discussion of what will need to change to achieve the ECU's full potential. Available evidence suggests that the Russian Federation has been the main beneficiary in the short term, but that there are several benefits to be gained by other members in the medium to long term. Full realization of these benefits, however, will require political commitment and steadfast action to reduce nontariff barriers (NTBs), improve trade facilitation, and reduce the costs of trading across borders in the region. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17394402/promises-eurasian-customs-union-hold-future | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17034 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Economic premise;no. 108 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AVERAGE TARIFF | |
dc.subject | AVERAGE TARIFF RATE | |
dc.subject | BARRIERS TO TRADE | |
dc.subject | BORDER CONTROLS | |
dc.subject | BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | |
dc.subject | COMMON MARKET | |
dc.subject | COMMON TARIFF | |
dc.subject | COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES | |
dc.subject | COMPETITIVENESS | |
dc.subject | CONSUMER CHOICE | |
dc.subject | CONSUMERS | |
dc.subject | CUSTOMS | |
dc.subject | CUSTOMS PROCEDURES | |
dc.subject | CUSTOMS UNION | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | DIVERTING TRADE | |
dc.subject | DOMESTIC MARKET | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC COMMUNITY | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC EXPANSION | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC INTEGRATION | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC UNION | |
dc.subject | EXPORTERS | |
dc.subject | EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | EXTERNAL TARIFF | |
dc.subject | EXTERNAL TARIFFS | |
dc.subject | FEDERAL AGENCY | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN INVESTMENT | |
dc.subject | GDP | |
dc.subject | GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM | |
dc.subject | GOVERNING IMPORTS | |
dc.subject | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | |
dc.subject | HARMONIZATION | |
dc.subject | IMPORT COSTS | |
dc.subject | IMPORT DUTIES | |
dc.subject | IMPORT TARIFF | |
dc.subject | IMPORTS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | INVESTMENT CLIMATE | |
dc.subject | LEGAL REGIME | |
dc.subject | LIBERALIZATION | |
dc.subject | LOCAL CONTENT | |
dc.subject | MARKET ACCESS | |
dc.subject | MARKET SIZE | |
dc.subject | MEMBER COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | MEMBER STATES | |
dc.subject | MONOPOLY | |
dc.subject | NEW MARKETS | |
dc.subject | NEW PRODUCTS | |
dc.subject | NONTARIFF BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | POLITICAL ECONOMY | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION CHAINS | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION COSTS | |
dc.subject | REAL INCOME | |
dc.subject | RED TAPE | |
dc.subject | REGIONAL INTEGRATION | |
dc.subject | REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS | |
dc.subject | REMOVAL OF TRADE BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | RETURN ON CAPITAL | |
dc.subject | TARIFF BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | TARIFF CHANGES | |
dc.subject | TARIFF PROTECTION | |
dc.subject | TARIFF RATE | |
dc.subject | TARIFF RATES | |
dc.subject | TARIFF SCHEDULE | |
dc.subject | TARIFF STRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | TECHNICAL BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | TECHNICAL REGULATION | |
dc.subject | TECHNICAL REGULATIONS | |
dc.subject | TECHNICAL STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | TRADE BLOC | |
dc.subject | TRADE CREATION | |
dc.subject | TRADE DIVERSION | |
dc.subject | TRADE DIVERSION COSTS | |
dc.subject | TRADE FACILITATION | |
dc.subject | TRADE INTEGRATION | |
dc.subject | TRADE PARTNERS | |
dc.subject | TRADES | |
dc.subject | TRADING PARTNER | |
dc.subject | TURNOVER | |
dc.subject | WAGES | |
dc.subject | WORLD TRADE | |
dc.subject | WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION | |
dc.subject | WTO | |
dc.title | What Promises Does the Eurasian Customs Union Hold for the Future? | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2013-02-28 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Brief | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17394402/promises-eurasian-customs-union-hold-future | |
okr.globalpractice | Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management | |
okr.globalpractice | Trade and Competitiveness | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000356161_20130228150558 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 17394402 | |
okr.identifier.report | 75656 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/02/28/000356161_20130228150558/Rendered/PDF/756560BRI0EP1080Box374342B00PUBLIC0.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Europe and Central Asia | |
okr.region.country | Russian Federation | |
okr.region.geographical | European Union | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade :: Trade and Regional Integration | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade :: Trade Policy | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade | |
okr.topic | Economic Theory and Research | |
okr.topic | Private Sector Development :: Emerging Markets | |
okr.topic | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth | |
okr.unit | Macroeconomics 1 (ECSP1) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 2c308a64-886c-507e-98b9-54f74364d5c4 |
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