The key activities of the EDB Centre for Integration Studies include organisation and implementation of research projects dealing with a broad range of regional economic integration issues. The Centre’s research findings are presented in its analytical reports periodically published in the following main research directions:
- Deepening and Widening of Eurasian Integration . This includes research projects on coordination of monetary and fiscal policies, and trade policy reviews (tariff and non-tariff barriers);
- Monitoring and Analysis of Investments in the CIS and Eurasia;
- EDB Integration Barometer;
- Regional Integration: Global Experience;
- Economic Cooperation in Europe and Asia. This includes reviews of economic cooperation with the EU and Asian countries.
Over the eleven years since its inception, the EDB Centre for Integration Studies has become the leading analytical centre dealing with the Eurasian economic integration. Supported by acknowledged experts, it has published ca. 50 reports, which are publicly available, open-access resources.
The Centre’s publications are distributed electronically. Subscription requests can be left here.
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EDB Integration Business Barometer
The EDB has published survey results as part of the EDB Integration Business Barometer project. Most companies feel positive about Eurasian integration. The most welcome measures adopted in the EAEU are digital transformation, in particular, the one window systemLearn more -
EDB Monitoring of Mutual Investments
The Eurasian Development Bank has relaunched its flagship analytical project to monitor mutual direct investments by twelve states (CIS countries and Georgia). The project is based on a bottom-up database of mutual direct investments, its main sources being company reports and other primary information. The project makes it possible to account for investments made through offshore structures and other “trans-shipping destinations”. In this respect, the project’s database differs from official central bank statisticsLearn more -
Uzbekistan and the EAEU: Prospects and Potential Impact of Economic Integration
The report estimates the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s integration with the EAEU and outlines promising areas for cooperation between the current Union member states and UzbekistanLearn more -
Eurasian Economic Integration – 2019
The report presents the insights into evolution of Eurasian economic integration as at the end of 2018. It offers information on essential features of trade and economic interactions among the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states and between the EAEU and third countries, and on the most significant aspects of integration processes both within the EAEU and across the worldLearn more -
Belt and Road Transport Corridors: Barriers and Investments
The report presents an analysis of the impact that international freight traffic barriers have on logistics, transit potential, and development of transport corridors traversing EAEU member states. Restrictions discussed in this report include infrastructural (transport and logistical infrastructure), border/customs-related, and administrative/legal barriers. The authors also provide the recommendations regarding removal of barriers that hamper international freight traffic along the China-EAEU-EU axis.Learn more