India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Challenges & Opportunities P. ARUNACHALAM SERIALS PUBLICATIONS NEW DELHI (INDIA)
Contents Preface List of Contributors ix xv 1. India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: 1 Opportunities and Challenges P. Arunachalam 2. Asian Integration Leads to Global 40 Economic Revival M. Rajendran, R. Veerasekaran 3. Global Melt Down in U.S. Economy and 48 Its Sequences on ASEAN Countries N. Subramani 4. ASEAN A Tool for Promoting Regional 57 Connectivity V. Ramachandian, R. Veerasekaran 5. Lack of Transparency and Debate in India 63 EU Free Trade Agreement in the International Arena M. Perumal, R. Nandakumar 6. A Symmetrical Analysis of FDI Inflows 71 in to ASEAN Countries Some Evidences T. Prakash, N. Pandiarani, V. Balamurugan, J. Mohanraj 7. 'Direction of Negotiations and Paradigm 86 Shift in the Trade Among Trade Blocs' Arun Bhadauria
I vi India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement 8. The Association of South East Asian 100 Nations (ASEAN) Agreement and Its Blow on Indian Economy V. Neelamagam, P. Arunachalam 9. "Impact of ASEAN Agreement on Indian 112 Economy" Under "Great Indian Economy" Series S. Vasantha 10. ASEAN-India FTA: Coconut Farmers in 128 Kerala- Lucrative or Lugubrious? V.V. Emilson, P. Arunachalam 11. ASEAN-India Economic Relations: 143 Current Status and Future Prospects S.N. Nagashree 12. ASEAN-How & What? 169 K.V. Ramachandran 13. Indo-ASEAN Co-operation and FDI in 187 Indian Some Mythis and Realities M. Dhanraj 14. Economical Growth and Impact of FTA 195 and with Other ASEAN Countries 0. M. Haja Mohideen, M. Perumal, J. Mohan Raj 15. An Outlook of Indo-ASEAN Economic Integration 207 A. Jahangir, M.S. Natarajan 16. Indo-ASEAN Free Tade Agreement and 221 Its Implication on India A. Palaniappan, Anish C. Aniyan 17. Indo-ASEAN Logistics Network: 244 An Optimistic Dilemma? Indranil Bose 18. Regional Trade Agreements: Theoretical 261 and Historical Perspectives Manju S. Nair 19. ASEAN A Tool for Improving Total Quality 273 Management in Indian Industries 1. Mariya Arul Raj
Contents vii 20. ASEAN-India Economic Relations Current 285 Status and Future Prospectus T. Semban, R. Subramanian 21. An Agenda for Future Prospectus. 295 of Economic Co-operation between India and ASEAN countries S. Thirumaran, T. Semban 22. Problems and Prospectus of Extended 305 Neighbourhood of FDI Among ASEAN Member Countries P. Senthil, S. Varatharasan, K. Elango, M. Ravichandran 23. India's Trade and Services Sector 325 Progress during the Liberalisation Era undesr ASEAN Summit M.Vasu 24. "A Synoptic Look on India's Merchandise 340 Exports to ASEAN Coun tries"-trerids and Protections N. Pandiarani, M. Perumal 25. Composition and Dimensions of ASEAN-, 352 International Trade R. Nandakumar, M. Perumal 26. Potentialities of Intra-Asian Trade and Foreign 360 Direct Investment Some Emerging Issues G. Ravikumar, R. Veerasekaran 27. "ASEAN" Heads Meeting in the Arena of 366 Development Process in Asian Continent T. Prakash, M. Perumal 28. A Comparative Study on AFTA and CEPT" 376 in the ASEAN Context N. Pandiarani, M. Perumal 29. Lack of Transparency and Debate in 385 India-EU Free Trade Agreement in the International Arena M. Perumal, R. Nandakumar
! viii India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement 30: ASEAN: Historical and Structural Overview 393 P. Praveen 31. "Prospects and Retrospects of ASEAN 399 International Trade"- A Synoptic Look R. Veerasekaran, S. Vivekandan, M. Perumal, Sandhanakumar 32. Regional Blocs, Trade Flows and Economic 410 Agreement in South Asia: A Discreet Analysis R. Balasubramaniyan 33. Does the Fiscal Balance Affect the Balance 431 in the Current Account in the Economy of Singapore? Kanchan Datta, Chandan Kumar Mukhopadhyay 34. Impact of Recession Economy and the 460 Economic Reforms of 1991 O.M. Haja Mohideen, M. Perumal, J. Mohan Raj 35. India-ASEAN FTA: Potential Gains and 467 Apprehensions from Indian Perspective V.K. Shobhana, D. Kamalaveni 36. ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement: 486 Problems and Prospects P.K. Manoj 37. Social and Political Dividends from NREGA- 496 Some Analytical Issues T. Prakash, K. Devika Index 504