Making Regional Cooperation Work for South Asia's Poor

South Asia has attracted global attention because it has experienced rapid GDP growth over the last two decades. What is not so well known is that South Asia is the least integrated region in the world. South Asia has opened its door to the rest of...

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Main Authors:	Ahmed, Sadiq, Ghani, Ejaz
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AIR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ARBITRAGE AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE BACKWARD REGIONS BENCHMARKING BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS BORDER CROSSINGS BOTH SEXES BRIDGE CENTRAL BANK CHRONIC POVERTY CITIZEN CITIZENS CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT COUNTRY LEVEL DAMAGES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIMINISHING RETURNS DIVIDENDS DRIVERS DRUG TRAFFICKING EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FARMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOW OF PEOPLE FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH GROWTH HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH POPULATION DENSITY HIGH TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY HIGHWAY NETWORKS HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POVERTY HUMAN POVERTY INDEX IMMIGRATION IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DATA INCOME GAP INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INDIVIDUAL INEQUALITY INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MARKET ECONOMIES MATERIAL RESOURCES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIGRATION MOBILITY MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NORTH AFRICA PEACE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS POOR POOR AREAS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DATA POPULATION DENSITY PORT FACILITIES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER OUTAGES PRO-GROWTH POLICIES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROGRESS PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL POPULATION REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGULATORY BARRIERS REMITTANCE ROAD RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ROADS SEA LEVEL SECTOR REFORMS SERVICE DELIVERY SMALL COUNTRIES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOUTH ASIAN SPATIAL ECONOMICS SPEEDS SPILLOVER SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERTIARY EDUCATION TOLL TRADE BARRIERS TRADE POLICIES TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TREATY TRUCKS TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VULNERABILITY WARS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER FOR IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9892743/making-regional-cooperation-work-south-asias-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6959