Asian Economic Integration: Feasibility of an India-Led Economic Bloc

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. An introduction to Asia.  2. The process of Asian economic integration. 3. Macro economics and Asian economic integration. 4. Exchange rate mechanism and Asian economic integration. 5. Success and failures of regional blocs. 6. History of India-Led Asian trade. 7. Feasibility of an India-Led economic bloc. 8. Barriers to India-Led Asian bloc. 9. India’s role in global economic crisis. 10. Role of international institutions in India-led Asian blocs. 11. Conclusion. Index.                               

The most important of the book is to look over the econometric analysis towards integration process and feasibility studies. India’s leading role in Asia from the ancient age to prior to Battle of Plessey was studied in details. The special attention is due on the proposed international institutions and their roles and functions vis-a-vis a huge literature both on historical evidences of India’s dominance in Asian trade and the present role in Asian integration process towards India-led Asian bloc were surveyed carefully. All the aspects of the work in the book were tempered an extra-ordinary attempt other than the traditional research where Europe and American dominance were accepted in international trade and finance.