Significant measures were undertaken by India and Pakistan to liberalize trade in 2012. In particular, Pakistan's policy to permit all items to be imported from India except for a few items was expected to bring about a quantum increase in India's exports. Similarly, India's efforts to address...

With the trade normalization process between India and Pakistan gathering momentum since November 2011, new opportunities for enhancing bilateral trade have opened between the two countries. This study estimates the trade potential between India and Pakistan, and examines how this potential can...

Improvements in the land route between India and Pakistan can help lower transaction costs which can play in important role in realizing the trade potential between the two countries. Connecting India and Pakistan by the land route offers gains not only to the two countries but would spread over...

Informal trade continues to thrive between India and Pakistan despite recent measures undertaken by the two countries to normalize trade and reduce transport impediments. This calls for an in-depth analysis of India's informal trade with Pakistan. This study (i) identifies factors determining...