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Comprehensive listing of books, reports, and research on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in South Asia and relevant global RCI publications, including publications on transport, trade facilitation, energy, and economic corridors in the SASEC region.

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Unlocking the Potential of Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in South Asia At a modest 6% of total trade, intraregional trade in South Asia stands at less than one third of its full potential. Trade barriers and inadequate infrastructure have cost South Asia over US $54 billion per year in lost export opportunities. With 309 million people living on less than $1.90 a day—the largest concentration of poverty in the world—South Asia should urgently pursue broad-based regional economic cooperation that could enable effective responses to the subregion’s developmental challenges. This report examines the state of economic integration in South Asia and identifies potential areas for further strengthening subregional linkages. It provides recommendations on policy actions to increase market integration, improve connectivity, boost investment in infrastructure development, and tackle shared vulnerabilities and risks. It calls for the consolidation and upgrading of existing trade and investment cooperation initiatives into a South Asia Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Year: 2017 Download Tags: BIMSTEC, Investment, Regional Cooperation, SAARC, South Asia, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Trade, UNESCAP, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
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The World Bank Logistics Performance Indicators 2.0 (LPI 2.0) Connecting to Compete 2025 lays out the Logistics Performance Indicators 2.0 (LPI 2.0), a redesign of the World Bank's index. The new indicators draw on large-scale tracking data from maritime, aviation, and postal operators, which comprise 80% of global goods trade, providing standardized and comparable measures of supply chain connectivity, speed, and reliability across countries over time. Author: World Bank Year: 2026 Download Tags: Basic Statistics 2026 Basic Statistics lays out data that help track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2026 edition presents data for 47 economies in Asia and the Pacific, including those for the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation countries. Author: Asian Development Bank Year: 2026 Download Tags: ADB Annual Report 2025 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Report 2025 details operational and financial results of ADB. ADB supports regional cooperation projects in South Asia. In 2025, for instance, ADB supported the improvement of regional transport systems and cross-border energy links; expanded opportunities for trade and investment; and supported the delivery of regional public goods. In South Asia, ADB technical assistance is developing a framework to strengthen economic corridor development through trade and value integration through the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation program. Author: Asian Development Bank Year: 2026 Download Tags: Asian Development Outlook (ADO) July 2026: A Fragile Outlook as Energy Market Disruptions Persist Gross domestic product (GDP) in South Asia is forecast at 6.0% in fiscal year (FY) 2026 and 6.7% in FY2027, amid rising oil and transport costs. In Bangladesh, GDP is forecast to grow at 3.7% in FY2026 and 4.5% in FY2027. In Bhutan, GDP is forecast at 6.5% in FY2026 and 7.2% in FY2027. India’s GDP is projected at 6.6% in FY2026 and 7.3% in FY2027. Growth in Maldives is forecast at 1.0% in FY2026 before rising to 3.0% in FY2027. Nepal’s GDP is forecast at 3.9% in FY2026 and 4.5% in FY2027. Sri Lanka’s GDP is projected at 4.0% in FY2026 and FY2027. Inflation in South Asia is projected at 5.7% in FY2026 and will ease to 4.8% in FY2027. In Southeast Asia, Growth in Myanmar is forecast at 2.4% in FY2026 and 2.7% in FY2027. Author: Asian Development Bank Year: 2026 Download Tags: Together We Deliver 2026 Together We Deliver 2026 features stories illustrating how the Asian Development Fund (ADF) delivers impactful solutions through grants and concessional financing for countries with the greatest development needs. Among the SASEC highlights are support for women farmers and agribusinesses in Nepal to move into higher-value agriculture, investments that modernized Bhutan’s health system and expanded digital health services, and financing that helped connect Cox’s Bazar to Bangladesh’s national railway network. Author: Asian Development Bank Year: 2026 Download Tags: Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Rail, Transport, Agriculture, Health
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