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The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
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The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650943
This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The … study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach … categories, namely, quantitative restrictions, trade facilitation and customs procedures, technical barriers to trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365121
Employment is a major concern in the context of trade liberalization. At one level, productive employment is a major … liberalization on employment may not always be positive. And if that turns out to be the case in a country like Bangladesh, then one … route out of poverty, and hence, in a country such as Bangladesh, it should be of an issue of major concern. There is a vast …
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Employment is a major concern in the context of trade liberalization. At one level, productive employment is a major … liberalization on employment may not always be positive. And if that turns out to be the case in a country like Bangladesh, then one … route out of poverty, and hence, in a country such as Bangladesh, it should be of an issue of major concern. There is a vast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647692
dynamics of cross border trade and investment in South Asia, exploring the potential for, and obstacles to, such trade through … the lens of a sector that is salient throughout South Asia : Textiles and Clothing. Despite the growing competitiveness of … exporters. Over 80% of the fabric needs of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, for example, come from outside the region even though India …
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an RTA. Disagreements over rules of origin have often deferred the implementation of several trade agreements. One of the … reasons for this is because ROO are viewed as those obstructing trade. Most of the literature on the subject too argues that … factual account of ROO as evolved in South Asia, empirically estimates of the effects of ROO on trade in an FTA and finally …
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-regional investment and trade relations. The share of services in GDP of South Asian countries has increased substantially with South Asia … in terms of the FDI performance and potential indices and are also ranked low in the global competitiveness index. The …, the paper lays out the importance of larger and broader RTAs like Pan Asia Free Trade Agreement (PAFTA) instead of narrow …
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Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia … and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and the two neighboring regions and proposes … ways to deepen regional and interregional connectivity. Since the early 1990s, as a consequence of trade-led growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278086
Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia … and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and the two neighboring regions and proposes … ways to deepen regional and interregional connectivity. Since the early 1990s, as a consequence of trade-led growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278243