Following the recent change in regime, Afghanistan is at a crossroads. Key to its stability is economic growth and international trade, yet many obstacles stand in its way. In Policy Solutions for Economic Growth in a Developing Country, author Nassir Ul Haq Wani outlines these challenges and offers clear policy solutions that will put the country on a path to revive, regenerate, and revitalize its economy. Further, he contextualizes Afghanistan within the region, giving greater insight into the needs of other developing countries.
This in-depth study analyses the trading platform at national, international and regional levels for initiating a consistent and sustainable set of policies to promote exports. Alongside macroeconomic stability, this study argues that private sector development, technological progress, socio-economic balance, trade liberalization and a reinvigoration of exports can play an effective role in wealth creation for Afghanistan.
Perspectives on Afghanistan’s Trade and Development offers a rich and varied policy analysis for those who wish to design a policy to bolster exports from Afghanistan, and for academicians, researchers and students who wish to gain greater insight into this developing economy.
Part I. Introduction
Introduction to the book
Part II. Nexus between Trade and Development
Chapter 1. Afghanistan’s Regional Integration with Central Asia: Identifying Trade Linkages, Economic Recital, and Future Latency
Chapter 2. Trade Potential of Afghanistan with SAARC Region and European Union: A Gravity Model Approach
Part III. Determinants of Trade Costs, Export Supply, Diversification, and Growth
Chapter 3. Drivers of Export Supply in SAARC: Investigating the Cross Evidence from Afghanistan
Chapter 4. Export Diversification in ASEAN and SAARC Regions: Exploring Trends Patterns and Determinants through Empirical Investigation
Chapter 5. Trade Costs of Afghanistan with its Major Trading Partners: Measurement and its Determinants
Part IV. Policy Concerns: Some Insights
Chapter 6. Incidence of Reverse Capital Flight to Afghanistan: An Empirical Examination
Chapter 7. Afghanistan’s Regional and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: An Evaluation of Trade Effects, Diversion and Creation
Chapter 8. Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on Trade Within the SAARC Region: An Empirical Investigation of Afghanistan
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