Trade Policies in South Asia : An Overview, Volume 1. Operational Summary

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-07-03T22:06:43Z
dc.date2013-07-03T22:06:43Z
dc.date2004-09-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:22:45Z
dc.descriptionDuring the last decade, South Asia's five largest countries - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - have been implementing trade policy reforms, gradually moving their economies away from protectionism toward greater trade openness and global economic integration. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the four mainland countries began to follow the liberalizing course on which Sri Lanka had embarked in the late 1970s. Each country faces differing opportunities to exploit and resistances to overcome. Because many of their circumstances and choices are similar, however, this paper seeks to assess their situations collectively as well as separately. Many of its findings are broadly applicable. So, with allowances for historic, economic and social differences, are many of its policy recommendations. The bulk of the report describes key aspects of the current trade regimes in the Jive largest South Asian states and the policies and practices that have produced the systems now in place. It principally focuses on traditional trade policies which affect imports and exports i.e. tariffs, non-tariff barriers, anti-dumping, export policies, and to a limited extent aspects of sanitary and technical regulations that affect trade. All of these are still major issues of concern and debate in South Asia. The report does not attempt to describe where the South Asian countries stand on newer trade policy issues which are prominent in World Trade Organization negotiations, such as trade in services, intellectual property, government procurement and Customs valuation. The report also does not attempt to place the South Asian countries' trade policies in the context of their trade and other aspects of their economic performance. Its purpose is rather to provide up-to-date information about, and interpretations of, the current trade policies it covers, with the idea that this should provide starting points for further applied economic research on useful and relevant topics, as well as points of reference and factual information for discussion and debate. Nevertheless, the report does assess, on theoretical and empirical grounds, the appropriateness of the policies described. Conclusions and suggestions for change are generally summarized at the end of each stocktaking section. This summary, in condensing the work of stocktaking, highlights the key issues that all or most of the countries have addressed and need to pursue further. To reinforce the operational nature of those findings, the summary deals with the recommendations next, as an immediate continuation of the central policy questions. It then reviews trade policies in three key sectors- agriculture, fertilizers, and textiles and clothing.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5154863/trade-policies-south-asia-overview-vol-1-3-operational-summary
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14379
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/14379
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417548
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAD VALOREM
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRADE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAIR CONDITIONERS
dc.subjectBARLEY
dc.subjectBILATERAL TRADE
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCONSUMER PROTECTION
dc.subjectCUSTOMS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS DUTIES
dc.subjectDEVALUATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISTORTED INCENTIVES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRODUCTS
dc.subjectDUMPING
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectGATT
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectIMPORT BARRIERS
dc.subjectIMPORT LICENSING
dc.subjectIMPORT POLICIES
dc.subjectIMPORT PRICES
dc.subjectIMPORT SUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME TAXES
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectINFLATION RATES
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE GOODS
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE INPUTS
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMANUFACTURING
dc.subjectMONOPOLIES
dc.subjectNON-TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectOVERVALUATION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL TARIFFS
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subjectPROTECTIONISM
dc.subjectPROTECTIONIST MEASURES
dc.subjectQUOTAS
dc.subjectREAL EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectREFRIGERATORS
dc.subjectRENT SEEKING
dc.subjectRENT SEEKING BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectTARIFF REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectTARIFF REFORM
dc.subjectTAX REVENUE
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTHAILAND
dc.subjectTOURISM
dc.subjectTRADE DEFICITS
dc.subjectTRADE DIVERSION
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY REFORM
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY REFORMS
dc.subjectTRADE REFORM
dc.subjectTRADE REGIME
dc.subjectTRADE REGIMES
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWTO
dc.titleTrade Policies in South Asia : An Overview, Volume 1. Operational Summary

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