Integrating Services in South Asia

Integrating Services in South Asia
Author: Rupa Chanda
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199088330

In this era of globalization, every region and country in the world is pursuing some kind of integration to further its economic, geo-political, and strategic interests. This book explores the prospects for and challenges to services integration in South Asia through an in-depth analysis of services such as telecommunications, energy, tourism, health, and education. Identifying trends in performance, policy issues, and the status of intra-regional trade and investment initiatives, the book argues the case for services integration under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). It also stresses the need to address cross-cutting issues of regional mobility of service providers, taxes, transport, trade, research and development, and regulatory cooperation. Expanding the existing work on South Asian integration to cover services from an intra-regional perspective, this book is an important reference for future academic and policy work in South Asia. The industry, country, and regional level statistics provided by the book serve as a useful resource for taking stock of output, employment, trade, and investment in services in this region.

South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Operational Plan 2016–2025 Update

South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Operational Plan 2016–2025 Update
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2020-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292619977

This report reflects the changes in the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program's operational plan for the period 2016–2025. It outlines the updates on the supporting list of priority projects resulting from a rigorous vetting process. This involves defining SASEC transport and energy networks and identifying priority projects based on preparedness and their roles in filling network gaps. The result is a more reasonable estimate of funding needs to help meet the SASEC Program's goals of multimodal connectivity, energy market development, and increased intraregional and interregional trade.

Big Data for Better Tourism Policy, Management, and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19

Big Data for Better Tourism Policy, Management, and Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2021-12-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9292691368

Big data is already being used to measure, monitor, and manage tourism development, but its potential remains to be fully exploited. This report discusses the trends, opportunities, and challenges in using big data and digitalization in the tourism sector. It highlights how big data is being leveraged for COVID-19 recovery and examines its relationship with statistical frameworks to better measure the economic, social, and environmental impact of tourism. Case studies of partnerships in Asia and the Pacific between the public and private sector demonstrate ways to tap big data.

CAREC Transport Strategy 2030

CAREC Transport Strategy 2030
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789292619992

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport Strategy 2030 builds on progress made and lessons learned from the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020. It separates trade facilitation from transport and links to the overall CAREC 2030 program in the areas of enhanced connectivity and sustainability. This strategy underscores increasing sustainability and network quality alongside continued construction and rehabilitation of transport corridors, and places more emphasis on multimodal connectivity, road asset management, road safety, and performance-based maintenance goals. The CAREC Transport Strategy 2030 will be implemented in conjunction with the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030.

South Asia Security

South Asia Security
Author: Manan Dwivedi
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9788178357591

The academic work titled as, South Asia Security , is a honest striving to delve into the notion of security in the South Asian Region which is under the arc of the Indian subcontinent. The Book objectifies the differentiation between the traditional and convention notions of security` which is avowedly power centric with the new tenet of Comprehensive/Human security which entails the concerns of sustainable development,Human Rights, Gender Empowerment along with the notions of Globalization and all pervading tenet of Interdependence with the advent of neo liberal institutionalism. The book aims to posit the traditional bilaterals in the South Asian firmament in the larger than life matrix of new age convergence and Interdependence.