scholarly journals What Leads to Intra-Industry Trade between Sri Lanka and South Asia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thilini Saparamadu ◽  
◽  
Vihangika Weerasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The South ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
South Asian Region

This study ascertains the determinants of Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) with particular reference to IIT between Sri Lanka and its major trading partners in South Asia; namely; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The study uses secondary data published in World Development Indicators, Penn World Table from 1992 to 2017. The level of IIT is calculated by using data gathered from Comtrade Data Base. Using panel data regression, the study adopts Random Effect model to analyze the regression results. The study concludes that economies of scale measured by difference of value added in the net output of the manufacturing sector and market size measured by average gross domestic product exert a significant influence on the level of IIT in the South Asian region. Differences of per capita Gross National Income (GNI - difference in income level) and tariff rate (the proxy for trade barriers) poses a negative influence on the level of IIT. The policymakers should be concerned about the possibility to increase IIT in the South Asian region. Based on the findings of the study, the present research offers policy recommendations to promote IIT within the region.

scholarly journals What Leads to Intra-Industry Trade between Sri Lanka and South Asia?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thilini Saparamadu ◽  
Nesrine Akrimi
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The South ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
South Asian Region

This study ascertains the determinants of Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) with particular reference to IIT between Sri Lanka and its major trading partners in South Asia; namely; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The study uses secondary data published in World Development Indicators, Penn World Table from 1992 to 2017. The level of IIT is calculated by using data gathered from Comtrade Data Base. Using panel data regression, the study adopts Random Effect model to analyze the regression results. The study concludes that economies of scale measured by difference of value added in the net output of the manufacturing sector and market size measured by average gross domestic product exert a significant influence on the level of IIT in the South Asian region. Differences of per capita Gross National Income (GNI - difference in income level) and tariff rate (the proxy for trade barriers) poses a negative influence on the level of IIT. The policymakers should be concerned about the possibility to increase IIT in the South Asian region. Based on the findings of the study, the present research offers policy recommendations to promote IIT within the region.

scholarly journals Climate change, regulatory policies and regional cooperation in South Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habib Zafarullah ◽  
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
South Asian Region

Purpose With climate change and environmental degradation being major issues in the world today, it is imperative for governments within a regional setting to collaborate on initiatives, harmonize their policies and develop strategies to counter threats. In South Asia, several attempts have been made to create a common framework for action in implementing synchronized policies. However, both political and technical deterrents have thwarted moves to accommodate priorities and interests of collaborating states. The purpose of this paper is to assess these issues and existing policies/strategies in selected South Asian countries and evaluate integrated plans of action based on collaborative partnerships. Design/methodology/approach Using a broad exploratory and interpretive approach, this paper evaluates how harmonization of environmental principles and synergies among countries can help reduce the effect of climate change and environmental hazards. Based on a review of ideas and concepts as well as both primary and secondary sources, including official records, legislation, inter-state and regional agreements, evaluation reports, impact studies (social, economic and ecological), and commentaries, it highlights several initiatives and processes geared to creating environmental protection standards and practices for the South Asian region. Findings Climate change has resulted in devastating impacts on people. It contributed to the proliferation of climate refugees and high incidence of poverty in South Asia. The region faces both political and technical obstacles in developing a sustainable approach to combat climate change. This is exacerbated by non-availability of information as well as reluctance to acknowledge the problem by key actors. The best strategy will be to integrate policies and regulations in the various countries of the region to develop strategic plans. The approach of prevention and protection should replace the existing emphasis on relief and rehabilitation. Originality/value The paper provides a critical overview of the climatic and environmental problems encountered in the South Asian region and provides pointers to resolving shared problems through the use of policy instruments for regulating the problems within the gamut of regional environmental governance. It attempts to identify solutions to offset regulatory and institutional barriers in achieving preferred results by emphasizing the need for redesigning regulatory structures and policy approaches for ecological well-being.

“Freeing” Trade in South Asia

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-100
Author(s):  
Pratima Singh
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
The South ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Trade Relationship ◽  
Minor Losses ◽  
South Asian Region

This paper discusses economic integration in the South Asian region using an India-centric approach. It suggests that the gains for India withdrawing its tariff on imports from Pakistan and Bangladesh hugely outweigh the losses for the country. It uses a bilateral trade approach, analyzing the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh trade relationships. The India-Pakistan relationship shows Pakistan's exports to India contribute much less to India's total imports than to Pakistan's GDP. The benefits of India unilaterally withdrawing tariffs, thus, are substantial. The India-Bangladesh trade relationship, despite having many complementary characteristics, is not very well established. Both the countries will gain immensely if India opens up its borders to their exports. These gains will outweigh the minor losses for India which will be compensated for by its increased goodwill. Economic integration is important to maintain stability in this region and the two bilateral relationships described above are crucial in ensuring this. (JEL Codes: F13, F14, F15)

Financial Market Regulatory Structure in South Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Kashyap ◽  
Anchit Bhandari ◽  
Urvashi Jaswani
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
South Asian Region

South Asian region is comprising of countries Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan & Maldives. The different countries are with different values, market standards & different investors. But one thing is very clear that the south Asian countries are having diversified markets. The presence of different types of the investors make it imperative to study the markets very closely. Without the complete study of the markets it is impossible to advice the investment at all. This chapter is dedication to the brief overview of financial market regulatory structure in all major south Asian countries in SAARC region.

The Permissibility of Crowd Funding Within South Asia

2019 ◽  
pp. 951-965
Author(s):  
Michael D'Rosario ◽  
Aaron Busary ◽  
Kairav Raval
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Jobs Act ◽  
Regulatory Models ◽  
South Asian Region

The chapter will extend upon the extant literature by considering the permissibility of crowdfunding practices within the South Asian region. There is a genuine dearth of research considering these matters, with little research considering the history and permissibility of crowdfunding methodologies within the noted nations. As such the contribution of the chapter is twofold, firstly it represents amongst the first coherent assessments of the use of crowdsourcing based fundraising methodologies within the South Asian region. Secondly it responds to the dearth of research considering the legal permissibility of such practices within the noted nations, while also contrasting the regulatory models of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with the regulatory models evidenced within selected OECD countries and pertinently the recently reformed model of regulation within the United States, specifically chapter 12 of the Jobs Act (2013).

scholarly journals The Analysis of New Market Potentials and Determinants of Indonesian Export Commodities in the South Asian Region

2019 ◽  
pp. 254-263
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Nur Sidiq ◽  
Muhammad Findi ◽  
Muhammad Firdaus
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Real Exchange Rates ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Export Market ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
South Asian Region

Indonesia's trade performance with traditional countries in the last five years experienced a deficit. This condition has an impact on the emergence of the national trade balance deficit. Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia in anticipating this implies a Market Diversification strategy. Through this strategy, Indonesia is expected to be able to develop its export performance in several developing countries that have significant market potential to explore. South Asia is one of the regions that have the potential to become Indonesia's new market destination. This study aimed to analyze new export markets, potential export commodities, and Indonesian export determinants in the South Asian region. The analytical methods used in this study included Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export Product Dynamic (EPD), Intra Industry Trade (IIT), Trade Complamantarity Index (TCI), and Gravity Model. The results show that five countries in the South Asian region have the potential to become Indonesia's new export market, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. Indonesia's potential export commodities in each country are in the position of a rising star, falling star, and lost opportunity markets that are potential to be developed. Exports determinants that affect Indonesia's potential commodity exports in South Asia are importers GDP, differences in GDP per capita, geographic distance, commodity prices, real exchange rates, tariff barriers, and non tariff barriers. This results can be used as an insight for the government to create a relevant trade policy in the South Asian region.

scholarly journals Preprints South Asia Survey 2020: A Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmita Das ◽  
Sridhar Gutam
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Agricultural Sciences ◽  
The Status ◽  
South Asian Region

A survey on conducted to know the status of awareness and attitude particularly towards preprints among the research scholars, scientists and librarians in the South Asian region during the months of April and May 2020 had maximum responses from India (83.71%) and majority of Agricultural Sciences (54%) discipline. Respondents ranked ‘Journal’s Impact Factor’ at the top factor for selecting journals to publish. Seventy five percent had at least 25% of their publications in Open Access and had paid the APCs (65.33%) for publications and the source of funds are personal pooling (30.34%). While 61.72% read preprints, 27.03% have not heard about preprints and 11.26% never read the preprints. However, those read, 64.42% trust the preprints. And why they share preprints is because of ‘belief in open access’ (39.91%), ‘rapid feedback’ (23.53%) and ‘timely sharing results’ (21.72%). With regard to citing preprints, 60.36% never cited any preprints and 79.73% respondent’s preprints were never cited. However, the respondents mentioned that indexing, citing, visibility, consideration in assessment & evaluation will motivate the authors to share preprints.

scholarly journals Contemporary Religious Fundamentalism

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Uma S. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
The Difference ◽  
South Asian Region

Religious fundamentalism in the South Asian region has assumed serious proportions in the last few decades. Sri Lanka, India Pakistan and to some extent Bangladesh face this problem. It is therefore necessary to examine this problem in detail.The question that crops up is what is religious fundamentalism? Why does it get aggravated so as to express itself violently. At the same time the difference between ethnicity and religious fundamentalism too should be clarified. Thus we first come to the issue of ethnicity. Ethnicity, anthropologists and Sociologists maintain, is a feeling of primordial identity with one’s social religious, linguistic or cultural group.

The Permissibility of Crowd Funding Within South Asia

Crowdsourcing ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 914-928
Author(s):  
Michael D'Rosario ◽  
Aaron Busary ◽  
Kairav Raval
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Jobs Act ◽  
Regulatory Models ◽  
South Asian Region

The chapter will extend upon the extant literature by considering the permissibility of crowdfunding practices within the South Asian region. There is a genuine dearth of research considering these matters, with little research considering the history and permissibility of crowdfunding methodologies within the noted nations. As such the contribution of the chapter is twofold, firstly it represents amongst the first coherent assessments of the use of crowdsourcing based fundraising methodologies within the South Asian region. Secondly it responds to the dearth of research considering the legal permissibility of such practices within the noted nations, while also contrasting the regulatory models of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with the regulatory models evidenced within selected OECD countries and pertinently the recently reformed model of regulation within the United States, specifically chapter 12 of the Jobs Act (2013).

The Permissibility of Crowd Funding within South Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Michael D'Rosario ◽  
Aaron Busary ◽  
Kairav Raval
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
Jobs Act ◽  
Regulatory Models ◽  
South Asian Region

The chapter will extend upon the extant literature by considering the permissibility of crowdfunding practices within the South Asian region. There is a genuine dearth of research considering these matters, with little research considering the history and permissibility of crowdfunding methodologies within the noted nations. As such the contribution of the chapter is twofold, firstly it represents amongst the first coherent assessments of the use of crowdsourcing based fundraising methodologies within the South Asian region. Secondly it responds to the dearth of research considering the legal permissibility of such practices within the noted nations, while also contrasting the regulatory models of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with the regulatory models evidenced within selected OECD countries and pertinently the recently reformed model of regulation within the United States, specifically chapter 12 of the Jobs Act (2013).

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