Central Asia: The New Silk Road Initiatives questionable economic rationality

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 405-420

  Peyrouse, Sebastien ^a   Raballand, Gaël ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

border management; Central Asia; ideology; landlocked; Silk Roads; transport economics

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; IDEOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TRADE; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84952298625     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2015.1114424     Document Type: Review

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