Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781003270 ISBN 13: 9781781003275

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

South Asian leaders have made it a priority to tackle key regional issues such as poverty, environment degradation, trade and investment barriers and food insecurity, among others. This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides an excellent opportunity to add to the successes in South Asian regional integration.

The book explores civil society's role in regional and economic integration in South Asian industries, trade and services, and the importance of regional public goods such as food security for future integration efforts. It concludes that there are a few successes on which future cooperation and integration in South Asia can be built and where engagement with civil society could be productive, and that these success stories are sector specific - for instance, in industry and trade sectors where cross-border activities have been established within the framework of a South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). However, a greater number of success stories are required at the sector level to serve as building blocks for further regional cooperation and integration.

This highly original book will prove a fascinating read for academics, students and policy makers across a diverse range of fields including: Asian studies, development, economics and regional and urban studies.

Contributors: R. Amjad, Z. Bakht, N.C. Behera, D. de Mel, N. Hanif, M. Hossain, M. Iqbal, S. Jayaratne, K. Moinuddin, D. Premaratne, M. Quddus, N. Shinkai, S. Sohail, A. Wijesinha, M. Yunus

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Director General, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank, Sridhar Khatri, Executive Director, South Asia Center for Policy Studies and Hans-Peter Brunner, Senior Economist (Regional Cooperation), Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division, South Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1781003270
• ISBN 13: 9781781003275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Rahman Sultan Hafeez, Khatri Sridhar, Brunner Hans-Peter