Since I'm taking a Central Asia politics course (for now, anyway) I've decided to finally get some of my data for this done in the class. For now I'm not even sure I'm going to be having a thesis thanks to some Graduate School Department issues that I am currently having. Anyway the proposal:
World Bank Funding of transportation infrastructure projects in Central Asia (Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan) has led to more stability and development in the region than the other reforms and projects funded by the World Bank in the same region.
Since the fall of the USSR, the World Bank has funded approximately 600 projects within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) which includes the Central Asia Region. The current states in the CIS include: Russia, Georgia (currently separate from CIS), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. For the purposes of this class, I would like to focus on the World Bank projects in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Many of these infrastructure projects involve multiple countries, but more importantly this promotes connectivity and economic development throughout the region. Within a constructivist paradigm, these sorts of infrastructure projects that are more politically neutral and economically mutually beneficial are ideal for helping ensure peace and regional stability.
In order to explore the thesis above, I propose a statistically driven analysis of the World Bank projects in the region. By using data readily available and creating new data from the World Bank project website, the analysis will be time-lagged and seekign correlative relationships. With an expansive set of data and indicators placed three, five, and tens years out hopefully trends will be visible. Attached is the coding guide.
Showing posts with label central asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label central asia. Show all posts
Monday, February 01, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
2004 Report on Infrastructure in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
My IR class this term is focused on Central Asia which means that I get to work on some of my research and get a term paper out of it. Since I'm writing my research proposal for the term over the weekend I've been looking at infrastructure reports in the region. I found an NBR Analysis on Infrastructure Challenges in Central Asia and Azerbaijan . Seems like a solid piece of research to include into my paper/literature review.
In my other class I've been working on Urban Politics, which is not quite in the scope of this blog. However, some interesting points about infrastructure and utilites have been made. I might post the one page summaries that we are assigned of the different books since most of them deal tangently with infrastructure or political economy.
In my other class I've been working on Urban Politics, which is not quite in the scope of this blog. However, some interesting points about infrastructure and utilites have been made. I might post the one page summaries that we are assigned of the different books since most of them deal tangently with infrastructure or political economy.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
News: New Gas Pipeline
More infrastructure news, just not about roads out of the NY Times. New Gas Pipeling From Central Asia Feeds China. Looks like a new alignment brings gas into China without going through Russia.
This is more important for the development news community.
This is more important for the development news community.
Monday, December 14, 2009
News: Asian railway integration gains momentum at UN-backed meetings
World Bank news about a railway that might go through Tajikistan and other Asia/Central Asia nations.
Asian railway integration gains momentum at UN-backed meetings
Asian railway integration gains momentum at UN-backed meetings
Thursday, October 01, 2009
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factbook/index.html>.
Feinberg, Robert M. and Mieke Meurs. (2005) “Market Reform, Infrastructure and Exchange Rate Passthrough in Central and Eastern Europe”. Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 17, No.1, March 2005.
Graham, Stephen. (2000) “Constructing Premium Network Spaces: Reflections on Infrastructure Networks and Contemporary Urban Development”. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Vol. 24.1, March 2000.
Greive, Malcolm J (1992-1993). “International Assistance and Democracy: Assessing Efforts to Assist Post-Communist Development”. Studies in Comparative International Development, Winter 1992-1993, Vol. 27, No. 4, 80-101.
IRU (2001). Competition in East-West Road Transport Markets: Providing Opportunities for All.
IRU (2003). Road Transport in Russia 2002-2003. International Road Transport Union.
Lewis, John P. and Ishan Kapur (1973). The World Bank Group, Multilateral Aid, and the 1970s.
Nijkamp, Peter and Sytze A. Reinstra (1995). “Private Sector Involvement in Financing and Operating Transport Infrastructure”. The Annals of Regional Science. Vol 29: 221-235.
“Rail and Trade Transport Facilitation” Report No. AB3387. World Bank, Project Papers. (2009). < http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/>
Rietveld, Piet and Frank Bruinsma. (1998) Is Transport Infrastructure Effective? Springer.
“South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor”. Project No. P099270. World Bank Project Database (2009).
Tak, Herman G. Van and Anadarup Ray (1971). “The Economic Benefits of Road Transport Projects”. World Bank Staff Occasional Papers. IBRD, 1971.
“The World Bank, Mapped” (2009). < http://geo.worldbank.org/>
Woods, Ngaire (2006). The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers. Cornell University Press. “World Bank: Project Database” (2009).
