Playing to Strengths : A Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Northeast India

It is widely agreed that, over the past decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in India's North Eastern Region (NER) and neighboring countries, along with connectivity agreements with Bangladesh, hold immense promise for unlocking NER's economic potential. Other global trends, suc...

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Main Authors:	Kathuria, Sanjay, Mathur, Priya
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
Subjects:	REGIONAL INTEGRATION PRODUCT STANDARDS POVERTY VALUE CHAIN TRADE FACILITATION QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY LOGISTICS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/278971575346344103/Playing-to-Strengths-A-Policy-Framework-for-Mainstreaming-Northeast-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32740

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spelling	okr-10986-327402021-04-23T14:05:16Z Playing to Strengths : A Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Northeast India Kathuria, Sanjay Mathur, Priya Kathuria, Sanjay Mathur, Priya De, Prabir Jensen, Michael Friis Kunaka, Charles Srinivasan, Thirumalai G. REGIONAL INTEGRATION PRODUCT STANDARDS POVERTY VALUE CHAIN TRADE FACILITATION QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY LOGISTICS It is widely agreed that, over the past decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in India's North Eastern Region (NER) and neighboring countries, along with connectivity agreements with Bangladesh, hold immense promise for unlocking NER's economic potential. Other global trends, such as the growing incomes and consumer awareness in India and neighboring countries; a rising preference for fresh, healthy, safe, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible products; the growing role of services in manufacturing; and increasing demand for skilled resources are also very favorable for NER. Together, these developments can help NER showcase its strengths in agriculture and services, thereby developing value chains in these sectors, which will lead to sustainable, better-paying job opportunities for the people of NER. In this context, the World Bank, in consultation with stakeholders--government, private sector, and academia--analyzed two cross-cutting constraints that are encountered across all value chains and sectors in NER: connectivity and logistics, and product standards and quality infrastructure. To ground the policy in specific contexts, the team studied four sectors in depth: fruits and vegetables, spices, bamboo and related products, and medical tourism. Playing to Strengths lays out an initial policy framework for NER that integrates demand and supply and shows that, even with a low base in manufacturing, NER can leverage its strengths in agriculture and services to step up its growth. However, implementing this framework will require a different approach to doing business compared with the existing ecosystem and its associated value chains, which are mostly geared to local and/or price-conscious consumers. In capitalizing on its advantages, NER will not only accelerate its own development, but also will play an increasingly critical role in the government of India's "Act East" policy. 2019-12-02T16:52:18Z 2019-12-02T16:52:18Z 2020 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/278971575346344103/Playing-to-Strengths-A-Policy-Framework-for-Mainstreaming-Northeast-India 978-1-4648-1505-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32740 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Bangladesh India
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description	It is widely agreed that, over the past decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in India's North Eastern Region (NER) and neighboring countries, along with connectivity agreements with Bangladesh, hold immense promise for unlocking NER's economic potential. Other global trends, such as the growing incomes and consumer awareness in India and neighboring countries; a rising preference for fresh, healthy, safe, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible products; the growing role of services in manufacturing; and increasing demand for skilled resources are also very favorable for NER. Together, these developments can help NER showcase its strengths in agriculture and services, thereby developing value chains in these sectors, which will lead to sustainable, better-paying job opportunities for the people of NER. In this context, the World Bank, in consultation with stakeholders--government, private sector, and academia--analyzed two cross-cutting constraints that are encountered across all value chains and sectors in NER: connectivity and logistics, and product standards and quality infrastructure. To ground the policy in specific contexts, the team studied four sectors in depth: fruits and vegetables, spices, bamboo and related products, and medical tourism. Playing to Strengths lays out an initial policy framework for NER that integrates demand and supply and shows that, even with a low base in manufacturing, NER can leverage its strengths in agriculture and services to step up its growth. However, implementing this framework will require a different approach to doing business compared with the existing ecosystem and its associated value chains, which are mostly geared to local and/or price-conscious consumers. In capitalizing on its advantages, NER will not only accelerate its own development, but also will play an increasingly critical role in the government of India's "Act East" policy.
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title	Playing to Strengths : A Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Northeast India
title_short	Playing to Strengths : A Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Northeast India
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Playing to Strengths : A Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Northeast India

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