Trade Logistics in Landlocked and Resource Cursed Asian Countries

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This book focuses on strategies to achieve economic diversification in Asian landlocked countries. It does so by analysing the impact of the Dutch disease, non-resource firm heterogeneity, trade logistics operations, trade facilitation, aid for trade, small and medium-sized enterprises, and foreign direct investment. Offering a wide range of expert views and opinions, research findings, information and data, the book will be of value to policy makers and students of trade and development economics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Trade Logistics in Asian Countries That Are Landlocked and Resource Cursed (Kankesu Jayanthakumaran)....Pages 1-6 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 The Dutch Disease and Economic Diversification: Should the Approach by Developing Countries Be Different? (Charles Harvie)....Pages 9-45 Inclusion of Firm Heterogeneity in Resource Boom-Bust Cycle Literature (Kankesu Jayanthakumaran, Mohammad Tariful Bari, Nelson Perera)....Pages 47-70 Trade Facilitation in South Asia: Landlocked Countries’ Perspective (Ramesh Chandra Paudel)....Pages 71-93 The Determinants of FDI in Landlocked Developing Countries in Central Asia (Nomintsetseg Ulzii-Ochir)....Pages 95-121 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 Modelling Trade Logistics Based on Multi-Method Simulation Approach: Case-in-Point: Mongolia (Nagesh Shukla, Arjun Radhakrishnan)....Pages 125-154 Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs): Challenges, Opportunities and Sustainability in East Asia (Charles Harvie)....Pages 155-174 Foreign Aid and Export Performance in a Landlocked Country: Development Lessons from Nepal (Kishor Sharma, Badri Prasad Bhattarai)....Pages 175-191 Formation of Special Economic Zones in Mongolia (Tsolmon Tsagaach)....Pages 193-219 Back Matter ....Pages 221-226