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    Trade and Livelihoods in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands

    Network, X-Border Local Research; aid, UK; acsor | August 2019
    Abstract
    Securing borders and regulating cross-border trade is a key challenge for the Afghan State. Border security is inseparable from the larger war effort: insurgents continue to move easily across borders, taking advantage of terrain, ineffective border controls and tribal connections. In border areas, a vast share of the local population makes a living from both licit and illicit trade, much of which evades taxation. In order to deliver services, assure security and shore up its legitimacy, the Afghan state would have to improve its capacity to deny entry to militants and collect customs duties and taxes. However, taming corruption and enforcing stricter border controls in conflict-affected areas are daunting tasks. Restricting cross-border movement would also affect the livelihoods of millions of Afghans in some of the country’s most contested regions, potentially undermining efforts to restore peace. In June 2016, Pakistani authorities started enforcing stricter controls along the border, ostensibly in response to insurgent attacks in Pakistan. Incoming Afghans must now present a valid passport and visa at official border crossings. In addition, Pakistan is fencing the border: as of January 2019, approximately 900 km had been completed. Pakistan has on occasion shut down the border for several days or weeks at a stretch.
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    Network, X-Border Local Research; aid, UK; acsor. 2019. Trade and Livelihoods in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands. © The Asia Foundation. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/11224.
    Keywords
    Free Trade
    Trade Facilitation
    Trade
    Economic integration
    Regional Economic Integration
    Intraregional Trade
    Macroeconomic
    Macroeconomic Analysis
    Macroeconomic Framework
    Macroeconomic Models
    Macroeconomic Performance
    Macroeconomic Planning
    Macroeconomic Policies
    Macroeconomic Reform
    Macroeconomic Stabilization
    Economic planning
    Economic structure
    Growth policy
    Trade relations
    Trade policy
    Economic development
    Economies in transition
    International economy
    Border integration
    Economic integration
    Gross domestic product
    Trade Regulations
    Exchange Rate
    Economic zones
    Protection
    Regional economics
    Economic forecasting
    Economic development projects
    Success in business
    Business
    Free trade
    Business
    Economics
    Communication in economic development
    Restraint of trade
    International economic integration
    Trade blocs
    East-West
    Exchange rates
    Economic Zones
    Value chains
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    Theme
    Trade
    Economics
     
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