Asian Economic Integration

Book Summary of Asian Economic Integration Economic integration among Asian countries is getting prominence through various economic cooperation initiatives. While these initiatives, emerged from existing trade pacts, are limited to largely trade in goods and investment flows, some of theme do go beyond and attempt to delve into deeper cooperation by way of encompassing issues, such as government regulations, trade faciliatation, customs procedures, etc. In the backdrop of increasing tendencies towards regional integration in Asia, the present volume makes a timely attempt to capture the essence and urgency of Asian Economic Integration. The research appers included in this volume attempt to study, in depth, the recent proliferation of regional and bilateral agreements and various nuances of the existing regional agreements amongst Asian countries on the basis of theoretical analysis as well as empirical evidences. About Author : Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur is a senior faculty meme in the Post Graduate dept. of Applied Economics and Commerce at College of Commerce, Patna under Magadh University. He is actively engaged in teaching and research since 1985. Many researchers have obtained Ph.D. degrees under his guidance and supervision. Dr. Thakur has excelled himself in several areas of Economic Policy and Fiscal Management of the Indian Economy. He has a dozen of publications to his credit in referred national and international Journals. Dr. Adesh Sharma (M.A. (Eco.), M.Phil, Ph.D., L.L.B.) is presently teaching in Department of Economics, B.R. Ambedkar College, University of Delhi. Priro to this assigment he was engaged with various research projects in reputed Business School and Corporate Sector. Dr. Sharma has authored more than 30 research papers and articles published in national journals, magazines and newspapers. He has also participated in more than 20 national, international c