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Hans-Peter Brunner has produced here a very thoughtful piece of
scholarship. This important book is genuinely innovative and very
well executed. It addresses a very significant problem - how the
integration and inter-linkage of national markets through regional
cooperation and integration adds to productivity growth. The book
goes on to define a meaningful theoretical framework, describes
relevant regional experiences, and then presents a road map for
cluster development. As such, it will be of value to academics,
practitioners and policy makers alike.' - Kislaya Prasad,
University of Maryland, College Park, USThe rise of Asia, as well
as the future of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) the
world over, will be profoundly influenced by the challenges of
slowing productivity growth, increasing economic inequalities and
systemic vulnerabilities. Such structural reform issues will
require RCI policies that complement domestic policy reform. This
unique book explains what drives the regional economic integration
of nations and their contribution to national knowledge capital. It
also lays out how such beneficial integration can generate
broad-based, equitable wealth in Europe and Asia. Unique in the
regional economic integration literature, this comprehensive book
identifies the set of drivers of integration for productivity
growth. Importantly, it describes and compares the experiences of
the Baltic Sea Region with Asia's use of a set of institutionalized
consensual knowledge and decision tools to drive inclusive and
productive growth throughout a period dominated by the global
economic crisis. Original and enlightening, Innovation Networks and
the New Asian Regionalism will be vital reading for academics and
researchers interested in regional integration and innovation.
Policy makers and practitioners in regional development and
economic geography will also find it to be an invaluable resource.
The authors of this book link productivity change, trade
competitiveness, networks of interaction and cooperation and income
growth in developing Asian countries with the complex evolutionary
processes of economic development and international trade. They
take an innovative approach to simulating the complex
micro-dynamics of competitiveness in order to distinguish those
trade-related microeconomic dynamics and institutional reforms
vital to leading countries out of institutional and poverty
traps.Real competitiveness changes in six countries (Bangladesh,
India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Thailand) are measured from
1991 to 2000 with detailed international export unit value
comparisons, to detect structural changes towards technology and
knowledge intensive goods in trade patterns. No significant
structural change was detected in the six countries during that
period. Evolutionary trade theory is presented in two models and is
calibrated with transaction and trade data from West Bengal and
Nepal. These reveal that lower transport costs - resulting from
investment in transport and institutional reforms related to the
investment and trade environment - result initially in small
productivity differences that can be amplified in a non-linear
evolutionary system and eventually lead to a spatial restructuring
of the system, and to a structural change in the trade patterns.
The models in this path-breaking book can be used to explore the
impact of a variety of interventions and policies. Productivity,
Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia will be of interest to
academics and researchers in Asian Studies, industrial economics,
evolutionary economics and international business development. The
book will also appeal to policy makers responsible for economic
growth.
South Asian leaders have made it a priority to tackle key regional
issues such as poverty, environment degradation, trade and
investment barriers and food insecurity, among others. This book
considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society
in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration,
and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional
public goods provides an excellent opportunity to add to the
successes in South Asian regional integration. The book explores
civil society's role in regional and economic integration in South
Asian industries, trade and services, and the importance of
regional public goods such as food security for future integration
efforts. It concludes that there are a few successes on which
future cooperation and integration in South Asia can be built and
where engagement with civil society could be productive, and that
these success stories are sector specific - for instance, in
industry and trade sectors where cross-border activities have been
established within the framework of a South Asia Free Trade
Agreement (SAFTA). However, a greater number of success stories are
required at the sector level to serve as building blocks for
further regional cooperation and integration. This highly original
book will prove a fascinating read for academics, students and
policy makers across a diverse range of fields including: Asian
studies, development, economics and regional and urban studies.
Contributors: R. Amjad, Z. Bakht, N.C. Behera, D. de Mel, N. Hanif,
M. Hossain, M. Iqbal, S. Jayaratne, K. Moinuddin, D. Premaratne, M.
Quddus, N. Shinkai, S. Sohail, A. Wijesinha, M. Yunus
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