What Does Regional Trade in South Asia Reveal about Future Trade Integration? Some Empirical Evidence

What Does Regional Trade in South Asia Reveal about Future Trade Integration? Some Empirical Evidence

In 1995 the seven South Asian countries-Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka-initiated a multilateral framework for regionwide integration under the South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA). In a recent initiative, members agreed that SAPTA would begin the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitigala, Nihal
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
BILATERAL TRADE
CERTAIN EXTENT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CURRENCY
DEREGULATION
DIRECT INVESTMENT
DOMESTIC PRICES
DOMESTIC SUPPLY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC TRENDS
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT EARNINGS
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTING COUNTRY
EXPORTS
FISH
FOOD PRODUCTS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
FREE TRADE AREA
FUELS
GDP
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE
MANUFACTURED GOODS
MARGINS
MFA
MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK
NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
OIL
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT
PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS
QUOTAS
REGIONAL AGREEMENT
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL SOURCES
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENT
REGIONAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS
SUBSTITUTION
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF PREFERENCES
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BLOCS
TRADE DIVERSION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY REFORMS
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE STRUCTURE
TRADE VOLUME
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPORT COSTS
WELFARE EFFECTS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5695807/regional-trade-south-asia-reveal-future-trade-integration-some-empirical-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8972

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5695807/regional-trade-south-asia-reveal-future-trade-integration-some-empirical-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8972

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