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Integrating into Asia’s international production networks: Challenges and prospects for India

In: India: A New Player in Asian Production Networks?, Studies in Trade and Investment 75

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  • Rahul Sen
  • Sadhana Srivastava

    (Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

Abstract

Chapter IV includes case studies of the automotive components and electronics sectors in order to illustrate the potentially successful example of India emerging as an important regional player in Asian IPNs. The policy challenges and key recommendations for India to integrate into Asian IPNs are analysed.

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  • Rahul Sen & Sadhana Srivastava, 2011. "Integrating into Asia’s international production networks: Challenges and prospects for India," STUDIES IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT, in: Witada Anukoonwattaka & Mia Mikic (ed.), India: A New Player in Asian Production Networks?, Studies in Trade and Investment 75, chapter 4, pages 78-119, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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    Keywords

    production network; fragmentation of production; Asia; value chain; China; India; PTAs;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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