Regional Integration in South Asia: Trends, Challenges and Prospects
Synopsis
Regional Integration in South Asia: Trends, Challenges and Prospects presents an objective assessment of trade and economic co-operation among South Asian nations and highlights policy issues to foster regional integration. The analyses presented in this volume go beyond the usual discussions on trade-in-goods to provide insightful perspectives on potential new areas of co-operation, emerging challenges, and country-specific views on regional and bilateral trade co-operation issues.
Written by influential analysts and researchers, the volume’s 24 chapters include perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and examinations of new areas of co-operation such as investment, regional supply chains, energy and cross-border transport networks.
Chapters
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Foreword
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Regional Integration in South AsiaAn Overview
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Has South Asia Benefitted from Growth in India?
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Assessing Gains from SAFTA
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The Cost of Economic Non-Co-operation in South Asia
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Building Regional Supply Chains in South AsiaThe Case of the Textiles and Clothing Sector
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Non-tariff Barriers in South AsiaNature and Modalities to Address the Attendant Issues
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Dealing with Non-tariff Barriers in South Asia
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Regional Investment Co-operation in South Asia
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Regional Trade in Services in South Asia
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Connectivity and Regional Co-operation in South Asia
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Productive Integration of Least Developed Countries into Regional Supply Chains: The Case of South Asia
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International Trade, Regional Integration and Food Security in South Asia
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Promoting Regional Energy Co-operation in South Asia
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Commodities Super-cycle: Implications for South Asia
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Tariff and Non-tariff Barriers in South Asia Trade: A Bangladesh Perspective
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Tariff and Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in South Asia: An Indian Perspective
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Pakistan: South Asia Trade and Non-tariff Barriers
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Nepal and SAFTA: Issues, Prospects and Challenges
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The Way Forward on Tariffs, Non-tariff Barriers, SAFTA, Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: The Case Study of Sri Lanka
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South Asian Trade: What it Means to Maldives
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Indo-Bangla Trade: Composition, Trends and the Way Forward
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India–Pakistan Economic Co-operation: Implications for Regional Integration in South Asia
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India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement and the Proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: A Closer Look
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The Promise and Potential of Trade Between Pakistan and India
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About the authors
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