LEADER 03328cam a2200397Ii 4500001 99125456956406421 005 20240725044536.0 008 200913s2021 dcuab b 000 0 eng d 020 9781464816352 |qpaperback 020 1464816352 |qpaperback 035 (OCoLC)on1194956544 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dYDX 043 az----- 050 4 HE199.S64 |bC66 2021 082 04 388.0440954 |223 245 00 Connecting to thrive : |bchallenges and opportunities of transport integration in eastern South Asia / |cMatías Herrera Dappe and Charles Kunaka, editors. 264 1 Washington, DC : |bWorld Bank Group, |c[2021] 300 xv, 147 pages : |bcolor illustrations, color maps ; |c28 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 International development in focus 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 3 Because trucks in Bangladesh and India are not allowed to operate across the border, cargo is transloaded at the border, and Indian trucks traveling between northeast India and the rest of India must go around Bangladesh through the Siliguri Corridor, which significantly increases transport and trade costs. This lack of integration means that it is more costly for Bangladesh and India to trade with each other than for either of them to trade with Europe. As a result, bilateral trade represents only about 10 percent of Bangladesh's trade and a mere 1 percent of India's trade. Connecting to Thrive: Challenges and Opportunities of Transport Integration in Eastern South Asia presents a collection of innovative technical analyses that show what is needed to achieve seamless connectivity in the region. The report explores the extent to which the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) supports the cross-border operation of road transport services and identifies the gaps in the agreement that need to be addressed to improve its effectiveness. It assesses the potential shift of freight traffic to new routes and modes in eastern India and Bangladesh once the MVA is implemented and the potential impact of the MVA on wages, employment, and income in Bangladesh and India. It explores how the local impacts of a regional corridor could be enhanced in rural areas by improving access to markets along the corridors and how women's participation in export-oriented agriculture value chains could be improved to allow women to take advantage of improved regional connectivity. Connecting to Thrive will be of interest to policy makers, private sector practitioners, and academics with an interest in regional connectivity in eastern South Asia. 650 0 Freight and freightage |xGovernment policy |zSouth Asia. 650 0 Trade routes |zSouth Asia. 650 0 Transportation corridors |zSouth Asia. 651 0 South Asia |xEconomic integration. 700 1 Herrera Dappe, Matías, |eeditor. 700 1 Kunaka, Charles, |eeditor. 830 0 International development in focus 910 |cG0601mon |d3110-07 |gYBP |h201850 914 (OCoLC)on1194956544 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1194956544 980 16946754 |i41.50 |j34.03 |n40030826385 982 |cf |q32101101651170 986 |hHE199.S64 |iC66 2021