Trade Performance And Regional Integration Of The Cis Countries

Trade Performance and Regional Integrationof the CIS Countries is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion.The CIS free trade area is, on balance, a beneficial, trade facilitating bloc. However, the potential benefits of CIS trade integration remain badly underutilized.Based on standard econometric models, the study provides a detailed quantitative analysis of the trends and the configuration of trade of the CIS countries, with an emphasis on its low-income members. It also contains an analysis of the CIS countries' trade potential and its realization in a comparative perspective, as well as examination of the nature of the existing CIS intra-bloc trade. In dong so, the study develops a set of trade policy recommendations for the CIS as a trading bloc.Freinkman, Lev M. is the author of 'Trade Performance And Regional Integration Of The Cis Countries', published 2004 under ISBN 9780821358962 and ISBN 0821358960.