List of Abbreviations

AADT: Annual Average Daily Traffic

ACSC: Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company

ADB: Asian Development Bank

AfDB: African Development Bank

BCP: Border Crossing Point

CAREC: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation

CBTA : Cross-Border Transport Agreement

CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States

CPI: Corruption Perceptions Index

DPC: Document Processing Centre

EAC : East African Community

EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECOTA: Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement

EEU: Eurasian Economic Union

EODB: Ease of doing business

EU: European Union

FFFAI: Federation of Freight Forwarders Association in India

FTA: Free Trade Agreements

HCR: Headcount Ratio

HDI: Human Development Index

IFIs: International Financial Institutions

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IRU: International Road Transport Union

IsDB: Islamic Development Bank

ITS: Intelligent Transport System

JICA: Japanese International Cooperation Agency

KPI: Key Performance Index

LLC: Land Locked Country

LPG: Liquid Petroleum Gas

LPI: Logistics Performance Index

MCA: Multi Criteria Analysis

MENA: Middle East and North African

MoU: Memorandum of Understanding

NCTA: Northern Corridor Transit Agreement

NCTTCA: Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority

Nm: Nautical miles

NSW: National Single Window

NTB: Non Tariff Barrier