Cross-border trade and identity in the Afghan-Iranian border region

The impact of border closure on the economy of a border region – as exemplified by the Polish-German borderland

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu ◽

10.15611/pn.2020.8.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (8) ◽

pp. 72-82

Author(s):

Arkadiusz Malkowski ◽

Rafał Mazur

Keyword(s):

Regional Economy ◽

Peripheral Region ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Border Region ◽

Foreign Nationals ◽

Cross Border ◽

Border Trade ◽

Border Areas ◽

Peripheral Areas ◽

The Impact

A change in the functions fulfilled by borders creates new circumstances affecting the development of border areas. The Polish-German borderland area is an example of a peripheral region which, due to the liberalization of border regulations, has undergone a clear socio-economic transformation. Shopping tourism has been one of the factors leading to the emergence of the region’s new economic model. The border’s closure to free traffic in March 2020 made it impossible for foreign nationals to visit Poland for shopping purposes. The article presents selected results of research into shopping tourism as a factor in the development of peripheral areas in the context of the ongoing pandemic. The paper uses data made available by GUS (Statistics Poland) and the Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), as well as the author’s own research based on the CATI methodology. The study indicates the importance of cross-border trade in the development of the Polish-German border areas. As a result of the closure of the borders, tourists stopped shopping in the region, which affected both the local and regional economy

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DINAMIKA KESEPAKATAN PERDAGANGAN LINTAS BATAS ANTARA INDONESIA DAN MALAYSIA DAN PENGEMBANGAN SENTRA KELAUTAN DAN PERIKANAN TERPADU (SKPT) SEBATIK DI KALIMANTAN UTARA

Jurnal Kebijakan Sosial Ekonomi Kelautan dan Perikanan ◽

10.15578/jksekp.v10i1.8318 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Bayu Vita Indah Yanti ◽

Umi Muawanah

Keyword(s):

Secondary Data ◽

Trade Agreement ◽

Economic Cooperation ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Border Region ◽

Cooperation Agreement ◽

Cross Border ◽

Border Trade ◽

The Republic ◽

The Government

Perdagangan lintas negara Malaysia - Indonesia telah berlangsung lebih dari 30 tahun sejak tahun 29170 dengan payung hukum kesepakatan perdagangan lintas negara (The Border Trade Agreement (BTA) Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of Malaysia). Pada tahun 2015, pemerintah melalui Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) memiliki kebijakan khusus untuk pengembangan ekonomi wilayah perbatasan pembangunan Sentra Kelautan dan Perikanan Terpadu (SKPT) di pulau-pulau kecil dan terluar. Pulau Sebatik merupakan salah satu lokasi perbatasan yang sangat strategis untuk dikembangkan dan karena alasan tersebut, lokasi ini menjadi salah satu lokasi dari SKPT. Pembangunan SKPT Sebatik secara tidak langsung diperkirakan dapat menimbulkan dampak terhadap perkembangan kerjasama sosial ekonomi Malaysia -Indonesia (Malindo), karena pembangunan SKPT memunculkan pusat pertumbuhan ekonomi baru di wilayah perbatasan Malindo. Tujuan paper ini membahas pengaruh Pengembangan SKPT Sebatik terhadap dinamika kesepakatan kerjasama perdagangan lintas batas Indonesia dan Malaysia. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan menganalisa data primer dan sekunder yang bersumber pada observasi lapangan, wawancara dan dokumen-dokumen kesepakatan kerjasama. Kajian menemukan bahwa kebijakan pembangunan dan pengembangan SKPT Sebatik diperkirakan akan memberikan pengaruh positif terhadap kerjasama perdagangan lintas batas Indoensia Malayasi yang selanjutnya lebih dikenal Sosek Malindo. Pengembangan SKPT akan meningkatkan nilai tawar posisi Indonesia dalam perundingan kerjasama sosial ekonomi Indonesia-Malaysia khususnya terkait perdagangan produk hasil perikanan lintas negara Indonesia dan Malaysia Tittle: The Dynamics of Border Trade Agreement between Indonesia – Malaysia and the Development Integrated Fishery Center ( SKPT) Sebatik in North KalimantanCross-country trade agreement between Malaysia-Indonesia has lasted more than 30 years since 1970s under The Border Trade Agreement (BTA) Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of Malaysia. In 2015, the government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) had a policy for the economic development of the border areas for the development of the Integrated Marine and Fisheries Center (SKPT) on small and outermost islands. Sebatik Island is a very strategic border location to be. Therefore, Sebatik was chosen as one of the locations of the SKPTs. The Sebatik SKPT development will indirectly influence the development of Malaysian-Indonesian (Malindo) socio-economic cooperation. the SKPT development raises a new economic growth center in the Malindo border region. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effect of the Development of Sebatik SKPT on the dynamics of cross-border trade agreements between Indonesia and Malaysia. The study uses qualitative method by analyzing primary and secondary data sourced from field observations, interviews and cooperation agreement documents. The study found that the development policy of the SKPT Sebatik is expected to have a positive influence on the cross-border Indonesian trade cooperation between Malaysia and Indonesia, which is later known as Sosek Malindo. The development of the SKPT will increase the bargaining value of Indonesia’s position in the Indonesia-Malaysia socio-economic cooperation negotiations, especially related to the trade of fishery products across Indonesia and Malaysia

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Exploring Subbordia – the impact of suburbanisation in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case study of Szczecin and its German hinterland

Urban Development Issues ◽

10.2478/udi-2018-0031 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 5-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin Barthel ◽

Ewelina Barthel

Keyword(s):

Border Region ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Metropolitan Regions ◽

Grass Roots ◽

Planning Support ◽

Cross Border ◽

Connected Area ◽

The Impact ◽

Local Narratives

Abstract This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.

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Water scarcity and sustainability in the arid area of North America: Insights gained from a cross border perspective

Regions & Cohesion ◽

10.3167/reco.2017.070103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 6-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia ◽

John W. Day

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

North America ◽

Water Scarcity ◽

Economic Change ◽

American Southwest ◽

Arid Area ◽

Border Region ◽

Cross Border ◽

Sharp Focus ◽

The Face

The arid border region that encompasses the American Southwest and the Mexican northwest is an area where the nexus of water scarcity and climate change in the face of growing human demands for water, emerging energy scarcity, and economic change comes into sharp focus.

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