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Trade and Social Development: The case of Asia

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  • Nilanjan Banik

    (Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR))

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Much of the cause of inequality in Asia results from lack of inability to absorb predominantly rural based population into urban centric manufacturing and services sector.This paper examines the income inequality, the case with China and India and examine the relationship between trade and social development index.

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  • Nilanjan Banik, 2009. "Trade and Social Development: The case of Asia," Working Papers 6809, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
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    1. Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay & Nilanjan Banik, 2013. "The interplay between growth and development: evidence from Indian districts," Asia-Pacific Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 20(2), pages 109-127, December.
    2. Nilanjan Banik & Anurag Banerjee, 2011. "The rich keep getting richer in India! Says who?," Working Papers 10511, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
    3. Mukhopadhyay, Jyoti Prasad & Banik, Nilanjan, 2013. "The Red Corridor Region of India: What Do the Data Tell Us?," MPRA Paper 58616, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Trade; Socail Development; Asia;
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