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on Central and Western Asia |
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Issue of 2022‒06‒13
nine papers chosen by |
| By: | International Monetary Fund |
| Abstract: | The purpose of the mission was to assist the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (BNS) with continuing its modernization of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This was the first technical assistance (TA) mission to Kazakhstan on scanner data (SD). The mission was delivered remotely. |
| Keywords: | product code; World Bank staff; A. data specification; scanner data; sample data; Consumer price indexes; Central Asia |
| Date: | 2022–05–13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfscr:2022/141&r= |
| By: | Enrico Botta; Matthew Griffiths; Takayoshi Kato |
| Abstract: | The “energy, water and land use nexus” approach has been attracting attention of policy makers, development practitioners and academia in Central Asia as a tool to facilitate regional and cross-sectoral co-operation for climate action and resource security. However, further work is still needed to better understand economic and non-economic benefits of the nexus approach, and integrate it into policy processes in the countries. Based on desk research and consultations with stakeholders in Central Asia, this paper aims to highlight several possible action points for promoting the energy-water-land use nexus approach in the face of a changing climate in the region. |
| Keywords: | energy, land use, water |
| JEL: | Q01 Q15 R11 |
| Date: | 2022–05–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:envddd:2022/01-en&r= |
| By: | Omer Siddique (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics); Muhammad Ahsan Achakzai (Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta.) |
| Abstract: | Balochistan is situated at an important geostrategic position in the region. It is positioned on the cultural, socio-economic, and geographical crossroads of the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and opposite to the Strait of Hormuz. These potentials could make the province an industrial hub with a massive private industrial investment. However, this potential has not been realised for a myriad of reasons. According to a rough estimation, around 21 million barrels of crude oil pass through the Strait of Hormuz daily (marketwatch.com). Balochistan shares a 900 km border with Iran and 1,200 km with Afghanistan, which “opens access to these mineral-rich and strategically important areas. It also marks an entry point into the resource-rich landlocked provinces of the Punjab and KP. Its geographical proximity to the oil and gas deposits of Central Asian regions adds to its strategic importance” (Gazdar, 2007: p. 8; quoted in Amad and Baloch, 2017). The important strategic location places Balochistan at the crossroad of a potential intra- and inter-regional trade. |
| Keywords: | Baloshistan, Unrealised, Potential |
| Date: | 2022 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pid:kbrief:2022:54&r= |
| By: | Abedullah (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics) |
| Abstract: | The term “smog” was used first time in 1950 and described it as combination of smoke and fog in London. Now it refers to a mixture of smoke (pollutants made up mostly of ground level ozone) and mist. Exhaust cloud is the dirty air contaminated with chemical emitting from different anthropogenic activities and it is characterised as the blend of the gasses with residue and water vapors. Air pollution has emerged as a serious environmental threat in the South Asia. According to WHO (2016), world’s top most 20 polluted cities are located in Asia, among them three are located in Pakistan. Since 2016, dense smog blankets the city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab during months of October to December is becoming a serious problem. |
| Keywords: | Private Cars, Public Transport, Smog, Air Pollution, Pakistan |
| Date: | 2022 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pid:kbrief:2022:53&r= |
| By: | Arestakes Simavoryan (ORBELI - Analytical Research Center) |
| Abstract: | 2011 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the construction of a new canal bypassing the Bosphorus, which will connect the Mediterranean with the Black Sea. The Turkish press called it Erdogan's "crazy project". The article discusses the Istanbul Canal project, its parameters, environmental and legal issues, as well as the infrastructure that will be built around the canal. |
| Keywords: | Turkey,Istanbul Canal,The Canal and Adjacent Infrastructures,Ecological Issues,Mediterranean Sea,Black Sea,Montreux Convention |
| Date: | 2020–06–18 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03628827&r= |
| By: | International Monetary Fund |
| Abstract: | The IMF conducted a remote technical assistance (TA) mission from March 1 to 12, 2021, to help the National Statistics Office of Mongolia (NSOM) compile a monthly indicator of economic activity (MIEA). Experimental results describe monthly economic activity from January 2010 to January 2021 as well as the impact of the COVID-19. This second mission for developing the MIEA was funded by the IMF's Data for Decisions trust fund1 (D4D). |
| Date: | 2022–05–13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfscr:2022/142&r= |
| By: | Mohammad Aldubyan; Moncef Krarti (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center) |
| Abstract: | The analysis presented in this paper evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 stay-home order (or lockdown) on electricity consumption among Saudi residential building stock. Our analysis is based on an assessment of monitored data obtained for a sample of housing units as well as the results from a residential energy model (REEM). Specifically, we estimate the impact of the stay-home order imposed due to COVID-19 in most Saudi regions between March 15 and June 15, 2020, on residential electricity consumption. |
| Keywords: | Battery storage, Benefits of electricity trade, Business models, Climate change |
| Date: | 2022–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:prc:dpaper:ks--2022-dp02&r= |
| By: | Shahid Razzaque (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics) |
| Abstract: | The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the global life very seriously. The impact of the disease on society and economy can be witnessed from the lockdown of cities all over the world, labour mobility restrictions, travel bans, airline suspensions, and most importantly slowdown of the economy. This has also badly affected the global supply chain. We can say that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Thus, while examining the global supply chain, certain weaknesses such as massive dislocation in the container market, closure of shipping routes, lockdowns at ports, barriers to international flights resulting in blockage of air cargo, trucking lines, railways and even in warehouses. This resulted in creating a shortages of key manufacturing components, order backlogs, delivery delays and skyrocketing hike in the transportation cost affecting the consumer prices. |
| Keywords: | Ocean Freight, Hike, Pakistan |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pid:kbrief:2021:48&r= |
| By: | Raja Rafi Ullah (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics); Muhammad Shaaf Najib (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics) |
| Abstract: | Defining, allocating, and protecting property rights is an essential tool to form the basis of efficient and effective markets and society. ‘Property Rights’ is a term used to define the right to possess resources and the right to determine their utilisation. The term is not limited to just public ownerships, but property rights are extended to private individuals and organisations. However, the issue of property rights remains a highly complex matter and must be thoroughly assessed. Every country defines property rights through various laws, rules, and regulations, with ultimate enforcement of property rights the responsibility of the state and its institutions. In the case of Pakistan, it is essential to study the relevant laws defining and governing property rights comprehensively. This brief aims to describe Pakistan’s existing land property rights and evaluate the land record system. Moreover, the brief will also identify the laws regulating property rights in Pakistan and analyse the right to transfer land and property. |
| Keywords: | Property Rights, Pakistan, Laws, Regulations, Transfers, Enforcement |
| Date: | 2022 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pid:kbrief:2022:63&r= |