http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/brcko-and-the-arizona-market Comments for "Brcko and the Arizona Market" en http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/brcko-and-the-arizona-market#comment-516 Ive been there. Theat market encourages dark economy.<br class="clear" /> Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:01:29 -0500 stacetimojeime comment 516 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/brcko-and-the-arizona-market <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-5"><div class="flexinode--8"> <strong>Session Title: </strong><br /> Pre-conditions, Limitations &amp; New Models</div> <div class="flexinode--12"> <strong>Date of talk or publication: </strong><br /> 2005</div> <div class="flexinode--9"> <strong>Speaker Name / Title: </strong><br /> Bruce Scott &amp; William Nash</div> <div class="flexinode--10"> <strong>Organization: </strong><br /> Harvard Business School &amp; Council on Foreign Relations</div> <div class="flexinode--11"> <strong>Description: </strong><br /> In December 1995 NATO troops entered Bosnia to enforce the Dayton Peace Accords. Almost immediately they insisted that all barriers to free movement along the highways be removed and established a checkpoint to monitor traffic on the major north-south highway, which was renamed Route Arizona. This largely defensive step would soon set in motion a series of developments that would transform the checkpoint into a self-sustaining market and a rural area into a bustling site of commercial activity. The decision to nurture the Arizona Market was made when the local commander noticed that Bosniacs, Croats, and Serbs were using the roadblock as a meeting point for “interethnic” gatherings. Soon cigarettes were being sold, then other items, and within a few days coffee. Over time the Arizona Market grew from an informal, wide spot in the road into a rough and tumble market with off road parking that drew buyers from more than a hundred mile radius and merchandise from much greater distances. By 2005 it comprised an estimated 2,000 small retail establishments covering some 300 acres and stretching for approximately half a mile.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/12/08/brcko-and-the-arizona-market#comment Strategy Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:24:44 -0500 John Paul 1927 at http://www.nextbillion.net