Economic Integration In South Asia Issues & Pathways

✍ Scribed by Muinul Islam Nitai, Chandra Nag

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Economicintegration in south Asia
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
South Asia in a Globalizing World Economyand the Alternative Vision
Introduction
South Asia’s Performance in Human Development
Notes
Reference
Learning from Reforms in Agrarian Structures and Prospects of Cooperation in Agriculture in South Asia
Agrarian Reforms in West Bengal
Agrarian Reforms in Kerala
The Bhoomi Sena Movement of Maharashtra,India: Participatory Action Research as a Toolof People’s Self-Development
A Brief History of Bhoomi Sena
Lessons to be learnt from Bhoomi Sena
Organizations of Betel and Coir Yarn Producersin Sri Lanka for Self-Reliant Marketing
Organization of Betel Leaf Producers
Organization of Coir Yarn Producers
Lessons from These Two Grass-roots Organizational Processes
Collective Farming by Mobilized Farmers of Moheswarchanda in Bangladesh Participatory Action Research
Prospects of Cooperation in Agriculture in South Asia
Notes
References
Industrial Cooperation, Capital Flow and Investment: Evaluation of the Status Quo and Proposed Roadmap for Strengthening Cooperation
Rationale of Investment Cooperation
State of Investment Cooperation
FDI Attraction Policies
Intra–South Asian Joint Ventures in the 1990s
FDI Flows to and from the South Asian Countries
State of South-South Investment Cooperation7
TATA’s Large Investment Proposal to Bangladesh
Proposed Roadmap for Strengthening Cooperation
Lessons for the South Asian Countries
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Best Practices in Education and Human Development: Lessons to be Learnt
Bangladesh Education Policy
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Learning from Food Security, Nutrition, Health and Sanitation Systems of the South Asian Countries
Nutrition
IMF Ruins Sri Lanka’s Nutrition
Bhutan’s Story of Eradication of Iodine Defi ciency Disorders
Health
People-Oriented Public Health System: An Example
Sanitation
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Confronting Poverty, Deprivation and Inequality: Lessons to be Learnt
The Kerala Model of Social Democracy
Thirty Years of West Bengal’s Left Front Government and the Fight Against Poverty
The Grameen Bank and the Micro-credit Programmes of Bangladesh
Participatory Action Research by the Disadvantaged People in Bangladesh
Brief Outlines of Some Innovative Programmes of NGOs in Bangladesh
Concluding Remarks
Lessons to be Learnt
Refernces
Other Documents Consulted
Liberalization of Trade Regimes and Enhancing Trade Between Countries of South Asia: Roadblocks, Pitfalls and Overcoming Hurdles
South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
Emergence of SAFTA
Principal SAFTA Measures
Illegal Trade
India–Nepal Informal Trade
Pakistan–India Informal Trade
India–Sri Lanka Informal Trade
India–Bangladesh Informal Trade
Concluding Remarks
Notes
Reference
The Case for Integrating the Infrastructure Networks, Transport and Communication: Links of South Asian Countries
Introduction
Transport Infrastructure and Trade in the Eastern Sub-Region of South Asia: A Historical Outline
Regionalization of Tradingin the Eastern South Asia Sub-Region
Transport Infrastructure and Trade in the Western Sub-Region of South Asia: A Historical Outline
A Short Profile of Transport Infrastructure of South Asia
Integrating the Regional Transport Infrastructure Networks
Cross-Country Use of Ports and Transit and/or Transhipment Arrangements
Integrating the Information and Communication Systems
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Other Documents Consulted
Liberalization of Movement of People and Enhancing Tourism in South Asia
Introduction
The Issue of Alleged Assistance and Shelter Given to Insurgents and Terrorists
The Issue of Trafficking of Women and Children
The Issue of Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants in India
Regional Movement of Services
Enhancing Tourism in South Asia
Notes
Cooperation in Financial Management
Financial Contagion
Contagion Study Spreads Phenomenally
Implications of Contagion for Financial Cooperation
Bond Market
South Asia’s Preparedness for Financial Cooperation
Asian Clearing Union
Is South Asia Eligible for a Common Currency?
Trade and Macroeconomic Indicators
Should Monetary Integration Precede Trade Integration?
European Union’s Path to the Euro
Theories of Optimum Currency Areas
Europe’s Move to Create Single Currency
Management of the Single Currency
The Maastricht Treaty
Three Members Opt Out
A New Reserve Currency
Scepticism about Euro
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
About the Editor and the Contributors
Index