Regional Co-operation and Economic Prosperity in South Asia : Challenges of Unfair Trade and Transboundary Deadlock

• Autorzy: Md. Arfanuzzaman

Warianty tytułu

Regionalna współpraca a sytuacja gospodarcza w Południowej Azji : wyzwania nierówności i zastoju w handlu zagranicznym

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Subject and purpose of work: The study attempts to examine the trade unfairness and transboundary bottlenecks between Bangladesh and India with a view to prosper a balanced trade and sustained water cooperation.
Materials and methods: The study is based on secondary data and statistical information. Mixed research methods such as qualitative, quantitative and data visualization techniques are adopted in this study to assess the political economy of river basin management, loss and damage assessment and trade situation assessment.
Results: Due to upstream intervention, the North-Western region of Bangladesh has lost 4254218 metric tons of rice production during 2006-2014 cropping years which value is $1036 million. During the same period, the trade deficit of Bangladesh stood at $5.58 billion with India due to the diverse tariff and non-tariff barriers which triggers tension between this close neighbor.
Conclusions: The trade and water co-operation should be extended among the South Asian countries including India and Bangladesh without delay to obtain the maximum benefit and economic prosperity. (original abstract)

Przedmiot i cel pracy: Praca ma na celu przedstawienie stanu stosunków gospodarczych między Bangladeszem i Indiami w kontekście wykorzystania transgranicznych zasobów wodnych. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono zachowaniu równowagi w handlu między tymi krajami oraz potrzebie rozwijania współpracy bilateralnej.
Materiały i metody: W pracy wykorzystano dane i informacje wtórne zaczerpnięte ze statystyk i opracowań instytucji krajowych i międzynarodowych oraz literatury problemu. Zastosowano mieszane metody badawcze o charakterze jakościowym i ilościowym oraz techniki wizualizacji. Ocenie ekonomicznej poddano procesy i metody zarządzania zasobami gospodarczymi w dolinach rzek oraz potencjalne straty wynikające z niezrównoważonych stosunków handlowych.
Wyniki: Badania wykazały, że niezrównoważone relacje transgraniczne sę niekorzystne dla Bangladeszu, który utracił w latach 2006-2014 możliwość wyprodukowania 4 254 218 ton ryżu o wartości 1036 mln USD. W tym samym czasie deficyt Bangladeszu w handlu z Indiami wyniósł 5579 mld USD.
Wnioski: Z przeprowadzonej analizy wysunięto wniosek o potrzebie rozwoju współpracy w gospodarowaniu transgranicznymi zasobami wody oraz intensyfikacji stosunków handlowych poprzez ograniczanie i znoszenie barier handlowych. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Regional cooperation; Trade relations; Trade balance; Non-tariff trade barriers; Water resources; Bilateral trade; International economic cooperation; Regional economic cooperation; Research results

PL

Współpraca regionalna; Stosunki handlowe; Bilans handlowy; Pozataryfowe bariery handlowe; Zasoby wodne; Bilateralna wymiana handlowa; Międzynarodowa współpraca gospodarcza; Regionalna współpraca gospodarcza; Wyniki badań

• Czasopismo: Economic and Regional Studies
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 12
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 1--11

Twórcy

autor

Md. Arfanuzzaman

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Bangladesh

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DOI

10.2478/ers-2019-0001