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Discuss the ways and means to realise greater economic co-operation among the Member States of South Asia.

  • UPSC 2022
  • 10 marks
  • India and South Asia

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Intra-regional trade is barely 5% of South Asia's total; the World Bank's A Glass Half Full (2018) valued it at US$23 billion against a potential of at least US$67 billion. Since SAFTA cut tariffs without moving trade, the means must target the real frictions (rules, logistics, people and politics) and be sequenced by whose consent…

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  • Trade rules beyond tariffs
  • Connectivity and facilitation
  • People and capital
  • The political economy
  • Conclusion
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