::South Asian Regionalism::

Question : What are the motivations behind the regionalism?

Answer :

• Avoidance of horrors of war.
• Recovering common legacy of culture and languages.
• Capitalism and economic benefit.

Question : What are the special feature of south Asia?

Answer :

• Sheer size in terms of population.
• Bordering of India with all neighbours.
• Economic liberalization & deregulation.
• Globalization and trade, investments and remittances.

Question : What are the issues of SAFTA?

Answer :

• Customs and standards harmonization.
• Lowering of tariff and non-tariff barriers.
• Reduction of negative lists.
• Lowering of tariff for LDC’s.
• Trade in service agreement.

Question : What are the challenges in front of SAARC?

Answer :

• Inadequate empowerment of regional institutions.
• Absence of political understanding on development related projects.
• Population and size make for a vast market.

Question : What are the problems affecting South Asian Societies? Key issues of SAARC’s Agenda:

Answer:

• Problems poverty alleviation.
• Economic development
• Employment generation
• Education
• Public health
• Empowerment and protection of women and children.
• Energy.

Question :What are the projects under SAARC development fund?

Answer :

• Women’s empowerment
• Material and child health
• E-governance
• Zero energy storage for Agriculture
• Improving the quality of education
• Focusing on teacher’s training

Question : What are the SAARC process?

Answer :

• To rectify the technical flaws of SAFTA
• To establish a region wide trade facilitation regime.

Question :What are the barriers to trade?

Answer :

• Phyto-sanitary Measures.
• Quality control measures.
• Physical transit and transport infrastructure
• Border controls, banking and investment

Question : What are the issues under the consideration of SAARC?

Answer:

• A draft regional mutual recognition agreement on product certification.
• A draft of multilateral agreement on conformity Assessment activities.
• To establish the South Asian Regional standards organization.

Question :What are the other issues of SAARC?

Answer :

• Trade in services
• Infrastructure constraints
• SAARC Food bank
• Climate change
• Development of culture of co-operative thinking.

Question : What are the benefits of market integration?

Answer :

• Improved market access to land locked countries.
• Geographical situations of sub-regions
• Scope for vertical integration.

Question : What are the drawbacks of market integration?

Answer :

• Rapid growth may not take place in all regions.
• Lack of infrastructure.
• The stark of poverty in the sub-regions
• Regional vulnerabilities to climate change and disaster.

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