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Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation

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IV. Sector Priorities and the Proposed Program 2001-2003

22. Any effort to expand economic cooperation in Central Asia must overcome several barriers. Inadequate infrastructure and policies that discourage trade and transit, are among the many impediments to cooperation. These issues must be addressed in the three principal sectoral initiatives: trade, energy and transport. A proposed lending and TA pipeline is in Appendix 2. This appendix also contains an indicative listing of needed economic and sector work.

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