Taneja, Nisha

Biography

Dr. Nisha Taneja is Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India. She obtained her Ph.D in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, India. She has experience of over 30 years in policy-oriented research in the areas of trade and trade facilitation. She has recently initiated projects on trade facilitation and gender. Her regional focus has been South Asia and South East Asia. She has also worked as a Consultant for the United Nations, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Fields of Specialization
Trade Facilitation
Trade Facilitation and Gender
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Degrees
Ph.D in Economics
Departments
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Position / Title

Professor

Current research programs / themes
Trade
Trade Facilitation
Gender
Last updated April 5, 2017


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    Facilitating India’s Act East Policy: Gap Analysis in Infrastructure at Land Custom Stations in the North Eastern Region of India 

    Taneja, Nisha; Vashisht, Pankaj; Joshi, Sanjana; Acharya, Loknath (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2021-11-30)
    The study has identified infrastructure gaps and assessed the quality of existing infrastructure at all the Land Customs Stations (LCSs) and Integrated Check Posts (ICP) in the North Eastern Region (NER) of India and North Bengal. The study has also ...
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    Formulating New Approaches to Strengthen Multilateral Trading System 

    Taneja, Nisha; Kukreja, Prateek; Mahajan, Kishika (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2021-11-15)
    Over the last 75 years, we have benefited from a rules-based multilateral trading system which has contributed to peace, security, and stability in the post-war world. The World Trade Organization (WTO) replaced the GATT as the global trading body in ...
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    Post Covid - 19 Prospects for India - Japan Economic Partnership 

    Taneja, Nisha; Joshi, Sanjana; Bimal, Samridhi; Singh, Shubham Kumar (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2020-06-30)
    Comprehensive economic engagement has been a core element of the Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan initiated in 2006. Japan is one of India’s major trading partners and the 3rd largest investor in the Indian economy. Importantly, ...
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    India-Bhutan Economic Relations 

    Taneja, Nisha; Bimal, Samridhi; Nadeem, Taher; Roy, Riya (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2019-08-30)
    The year 2018 was a milestone year for India-Bhutan relationship as the countries celebrated the accomplishments of the last fifty years of time-tested and special ties. The mutually beneficial economic ties have been the centre-piece of India-Bhutan ...
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    Strengthening India-Nepal Economic Relations 

    Taneja, Nisha; Prakash, Shravani; Bimal, Samridhi; Garg, Sakshi; Roy, Riya (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2019-07-15)
    India and Nepal have traditionally shared a unique relationship of friendship and economic cooperation. The relationship is characterized by an open and people-friendly border and is built on shared historical, cultural, linguistic, ethnic links between ...
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    India-Myanmar Border Trade 

    Taneja, Nisha; Naing, Tin Htoo; Joshi, Sanjana; Singh, Thiyam Bharat; Bimal, Samridhi; Garg, Sakshi; Roy, Riya; Sharma, Manali (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2019-06-15)
    As India seeks to strengthen trade, investment and other forms of economic cooperation with ASEAN, Myanmar is an essential strategic partner, since it is the only ASEAN nation with which India shares both land and maritime borders. As a ‘gateway’ to ...
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    Emerging Trends in India-Pakistan Trade 

    Taneja, Nisha; Bimal, Samridhi; Sivaram, Varsha (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-08-15)
    Significant measures were undertaken by India and Pakistan to liberalize trade in 2012. In particular, Pakistan’s policy to permit all items to be imported from India except for a few items was expected to bring about a quantum increase in India’s ...
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    Trade Facilitation Measures to Enhance Women’s Participation in Cross-border Trade in BBIN 

    Taneja, Nisha; Joshi, Sanjana; Prakash, Shravani; Bimal, Samridhi (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-01-30)
    Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs and thereby increasing the gains from trade. Although the use of trade facilitation measures for tackling trade bottlenecks has gained traction in recent times, ...
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    Trade Facilitation Measures to Enhance Participation of Women in Cross-border Trade in BBIN 

    Taneja, Nisha; Joshi, Sanjana; Prakash, Shravani; Bimal, Samridhi (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2018-01-30)
    Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs and thereby increasing the gains from trade. Although the use of trade facilitation measures for tackling trade bottlenecks has gained traction in recent times ...
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    India-Pakistan Trade: Opportunities for Medical Value Travel 

    Taneja, Nisha; Bimal, Samridhi; Dayal, Isha; Nadeem, Taher (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2017-03-30)
    Despite an uncertain political relationship, and tensions between India and Pakistan, healthcare is a sector for trade that has the potential to grow. It is a soft sector, offering a win-win situation for both countries as producers will get a larger ...