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Comparative overview of economic profiles and roles of China and India in Asian international production networks

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

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  • Witada Anukoonwattaka

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This chapter undertakes a comparative analysis between China and India, with a view to understanding the divergence in the performances of the two countries. Chapter II begins with a comparative overview of the differences in the economic structures of the two countries, followed by a detailed examination of the roles of the two countries in the current landscape of Asian IPNs

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  • Witada Anukoonwattaka, 2011. "Comparative overview of economic profiles and roles of China and India in Asian international production networks," 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 2, pages 23-53, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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    • 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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