• ISBN13: 9788132109761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: SAGE India
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 328
• Original Price: INR 1595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 635 grams

Economic ties between Asia and Latin America are growing as a part of a global shift toward more South–South cooperation. Yet trade costs remain high, which may impede future interregional trade and integration. Furthermore, an emerging trans-Pacific trade architecture based on free trade agreements (FTAs) carries risks of a noodle bowl effect. 

This book examines new frontiers in Asia–Latin America integration through interregional comparative studies in three key areas: trade facilitation, logistics, and infrastructure; production networks, supply chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises; and FTAs. The chapters contributed by Asian, Latin American, and international experts provide new insights on regional integration, impediments, and policy issues.

Estevadeordal, Antoni: - Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector, Inter- American Development Bank (IDB). Before joining IDB, he taught at the University of Barcelona and Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Kawai, Masahiro: - Masahiro Kawai is Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He was Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) from January 2007 to February 2014. He holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.

Wignaraja, Ganeshan: - Ganeshan Wignaraja is Director of Research at the ADBI. Previously, he was Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Office of Regional Economic Integration, Chief Programme Officer at the Commonwealth Secretariat, and a manager in an economics consulting firm in the United Kingdom. He has a DPhil in economics from Oxford University.