Strengthening economic linkages between South Asia and East Asia : the case for a second round of "look east" policies

• Main Authors: Rana, Pradumna B., Chia, Wai-Mun
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103892; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20047
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper argues that South Asian countries need to embark on a second round of “Look East” Policies (LEP2) to (i) link themselves to production networks in East Asia and (ii) develop production networks in manufacturing and services within their region. Such policies would allow both regions to be...