Indo-Bangladesh Border Trade : Benefiting From Neighbourhood

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Inaugural Address. Contributors. I. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: status, issues and perspectives: 1. Indo-Bangladesh economic relations: issues in trade, transit and security/Gurudas Das. 2. Bangladesh-NEI trade: can there be a better future?/M. Ismail Hossain and Md. Habibur Rahman. 3. Widening India-Bangladesh cooperation agenda in context of South Asian regional cooperation: issues and tasks ahead/Prabir De. 4. Cooperation through communication: an approach to NER of India-Bangladesh transport link/Sukharanjan Suter. 5. Lacuna in trade facilitation and informalisation of trade: lesson from India-Bangladesh trade/Sanjib Pohit. 6. Doing business with Bangladesh: a custom\'s point of view/JSR Khathing. 7. Borderlessness as a key to economic growth: prospects for North-Eastern India in an international service economy/Sunandan Roy Chowdhury. II. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: West Bengal-Bangladesh sector: 8. India Bangladesh border trade: some analytical issues/Ajitava Raychaudhuri. 9. Cross-border trade between India and Bangladesh: a comparison between West Bengal and North Eastern region/Dilip Halder. 10. The nature of Indo-Bangladesh border trade: a case study of Malda District of West Bengal/Pankaj Kundu. 11. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: a case study of Changrabandha-Burimari trade route/Sadhan C. Kar and Surya Narayan Ray. III. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: north eastern region-Bangladesh sector: 12. Bilateral trade between NER and Bangladesh: challenges and prospects/D.K. Sarma. 13. Indo-Bangladesh trade through Karimganj: problems and prospects/Niranjan Roy. 14. Trade and trade routes: historical perspective/Sanjeeb Kakoty. 15. Status and prospects of limestone quarrying in Meghalaya and its trade with Bangladesh/Utpal Kumar De and R.D.H Kharlukhi. 16. Meghalaya\'s coal export to Bangladesh and its impact on regional economy/Lambodar Rout. 17. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: the Garo Hills dimension/Ajanta Deb Kar. 18. Indo-Bangladesh border trade: Tripura\'s perspectives/Kiran Sankar Chakraborty. 19. Security issues in Indo-Bangladesh border trade: a case study of Tripura/Tusharbindu Chakraborti. 20. Resuming a forgotten corridor: an assessment of Mizoram-Bangladesh border trade possibility/Santanu Ray. 21. Border trade with Bangladesh: a note on the Mizoram sector/C. Lalzirliana. Index.

"Indo-Bangladesh Border Trade: Benefiting from neighbourhood takes a look at the status of trade that takes place at the various points along the entire length of Indo-Bangladesh border that spans about a little more than 4000 km. The causes of asymmetry between bilateral trade that has become a major concern for Bangladesh have been analyzed and various remedial options have been discussed. The issue of transit for the movement of goods between mainland India and her North Eastern region through Bangladesh has been investigated and the benefits likely to accrue to both the nations have been delineated. The volume brings into focus the bearing of state-centric traditional security perceptions on the expansion of bilateral economic cooperation. It urges for a comprehensive bilateral engagement between India and Bangladesh for the welfare of people across the border.

Trade analyst, political analysts, diplomats, development agencies, policy makers and researchers will be immensely benefited from this volume." (jacket)