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Prospects of Economic Integration among the ECO Countries

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  • Pervez Tahir

    (Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.)

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Promotion of Intra-regional trade is the most important economic justification for regional economic blocs. This paper examines such prospects in the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) region, a grouping of ex-RCD and Central Asian States. It is shown that the progress is extremely slow and the time table fixed for the implementation of the ECO Trade Agreement is ambitious, given the lukewarm will to cooperate, the unsettled state of affairs in Afghanistan, and the dirigistic legacy of central planning in the Central Asian States.

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  • Pervez Tahir, 2004. "Prospects of Economic Integration among the ECO Countries," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 43(4), pages 913-923.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:43:y:2004:i:4:p:913-923
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    Keywords

    regional Cooperation; Economic Integration;

    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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