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About the Event: Our 12th #OneSouthAsia Conversation, held in collaboration with the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asia Studies, explored the potentials and constraints of greater economic collaboration between South Asia and Southeast Asia. It built on the World Bank's latest analysis on Deepening Linkages between South Asia and Southeast Asia, which explores new approaches to revitalize trade and economic links between the two regions, focusing on areas like digital, environmental goods, and services.
Background: Trade linkages between South Asia and Southeast Asia have grown ninefold over the past two decades – from US$ 38 billion in 2000 to US$ 349 billion in 2018. But despite the progress, there remains a significant untapped potential of economic integration between these two regions.
The World Bank’s latest report, Deepening Linkages between South Asia and Southeast Asia estimates that South Asia–Southeast Asia regional integration that combines liberalization of tariffs, non- tariff and foreign direct investment (FDI) barriers, along with trade facilitation can boost gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.4% to 10.6 % for South Asia and by 0.1% to 0.4 % for Southeast Asia.
With new avenues like digital, environment goods trade, and services sector, the landscape for inter-regional collaborations has grown. Can new approaches to regional integration help revitalize trade and economic links between South Asia and Southeast Asia? What are the constraints to greater cooperation, and the gains if those constraints are removed.
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More about #OneSouthAsia Conversation:
Our #OneSouthAsia conversation is a part of an ongoing bi-monthly series that explores ideas for regional cooperation in economic connectivity, climate change, and human development in South Asia. The online conversation will broadcast on the World Bank Group channels, and is a public event, which does not require pre-registration. The event is targeted toward a mixed audience including policy makers, regional influencers and stakeholders, academic institutes, civil society organizations, private sector, and the general population in South Asia.
Examples of Previous #OneSouthAsia Conversations:
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Connecting across Borders: South Asia's Digital Opportunity
Toward a Green, Clean and Energy-Secure South Asia
Path to Recovery: Embracing Intraregional Investments In South Asia
Pivoting in a Pandemic: Women Entrepreneurs Tap Regional Opportunities
Turning the Tide on Marine Plastics in South Asia
Breathing Uneasy: Regional Response to Air Pollution in South Asia