Towards BIMSTEC- Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation : The Benefits of Moving Together

CONTENTS
1. Overview
2. Cultural Contacts between BIMSTEC Countries and Japan: An Historical Survey
3. BIMSTEC Japan Economic Partnership: Opportunities and Challenges RAHUL SEN AND MUKUL G ASHER
4. BIMSTEC-Japan Economic Cooperation: Trends and Prospects T NIRMALA DEVI
5. Deepening BIMSTEC-Japan Economic Relations: Tasks Ahead EBASHI MASAHIKO
6. Does BIMSTEC-Japan Economic Cooperation Increase Intra-Regional Trade? The Case for Free Trade Arrangement SWAPAN K BHATTACHARYA
7. Trade liberalization and Regional Development in BIMSTEC: Does Geographical Characteristics Matter?
NILANJAN BANIK
CONTENTS
II. INVESTMENT
8. Towards BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation: Investment Opportunities and Challenges DHANKAR DEY
9. Towards Greater Economic Cooperation and Integration among BIMSTEC Countries and Japan in Money, Finance and Investment
BISWA N BHATTACHARYAY
10. Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the BIMSTEC Region:
III. TECHNOLOGY
11. Technological Capabilities, Human Development and Economic Performance in BIMSTEC, Japan and the World: Emerging Policy Issues
BUDDHADER GHOSH AND YAOWAPA MANEECHAI
12. Technological Upgradation through Global Value Chains: Challenges before BIMSTEC Nations
IV ENERGY
13. BIMSTEC-Japan Cooperation in Energy Sector: Vision and Tasks Ahead
ABDUR ROB KHAN, ABM ZIAUR RAHMAN,
V. TRANSPORT
14. BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation in Transport Sector
SURAT HORACHAIKUL
VI. TOURISM
15. Towards BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation in Tourism Sector: Vision and Tasks Ahead MYAT THEIN
16. Future Directions of BIMSTEC-Japan Economic Cooperation: The Case of IT Industry and General Agreement on Trade in Services SAJIKUMAR S
17. Role of Standards and the Agreement on Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures towards Comprehensive Economic Partnership between BIMSTEC andJapan CHANCHAL C SARKAR
18. Industrial Development Measures: What India Can Learn from Japan ARNAB ROY
19. Land Improvement Districts and Sustainable Water and Land Management in Japan: Lessons for India MAMATA SWAIN
20. The Spillover Effect of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Human Resource Management: A Case Study of Honda Siel SRABANI ROY CHOUDHURY
21. Community Based Socio-Economic Development Planning in Irrigation Projects in India: Strategic Approaches in JBIC Assisted Projects DEEPAK KUMAR DAS