Restoring the Asian Silk Route: Toward an Integrated Asia
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N.; De, Prabir | June 2009
Abstract
Until the 13th century, the ancient Silk Route of Asia was the world's most important crossborder artery, at a time when Asia was a major trade and economic center of the world. The “Silk Road” refers to an extensive pan-Asia interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting Eastern, Southern, Central, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean, including North Africa and Europe. Over the past decades of globalization, Asia has re-emerged as one of the major economic power of the world. Many Asian economies have become an integral part of international production networks and have benefited from increased growth, trade, and investment. However, Asia’s huge economic potential remains largely untapped due to lack of region-wide connectivity. This paper argues that lack of full regional connectivity is one of the major constraints hindering regional growth and integration in Asia, as well as with the rest of the world. One of the conclusions of this paper is that Asia must strengthen its physical connectivity to make it a conduit for international trade though restoring Asian Silk Route. This paper deals with current trade and transport integration issues among the countries in Asia as well as challenges that need to be addressed in order to achieve regional connectivity through an Asia-wide transport infrastructure.
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Bhattacharyay, Biswa N.; De, Prabir. 2009. Restoring the Asian Silk Route: Toward an Integrated Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3728. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Trade Facilitation
Trade
Economic integration
Regional Economic Integration
Free Trade
Trade Agreements
Trade Policy
Economic Development
Economics
International Economics
Intraregional Trade
Economic planning
Economic structure
Growth policy
Trade relations
Trade policy
Trade policy
Economic development
Regional economics
Economic forecasting
Economic development projects
Success in business
Business
Free trade
Business
Economics
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