Enhancing the Connectivity of Bangladesh with ASEAN in Doing Business in Asia

• 발행기관: 한국무역연구원
• 저자명: 최경규(Gyoung-Gyu Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『무역연구』제14권 제6호, 99~119쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 무역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.12.30

영문 초록

In this paper, we analyze the prospect of the economic diplomacy of Bangladesh in engaging with ASEAN and its potential benefits. Bangladesh has enormous human resources and is a fast growing country in the South Asian region. Bangladesh has achieved high economic progress and reduced its poverty rate drastically due to export-led growth. However, maintaining the economy’s past growth performance becomes increasingly challenging. Therefore, Bangladesh needs to develop a strategic action plan for diplomatic engagement to focus on trade growth and diversity with ASEAN. To this end, Bangladesh needs to link with Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway in the desired path; reduce dependence on a single market as sustainable export development policy; and establish initiatives to streamline bilateral trade development. Although it is difficult for Bangladesh to create a win-win economic deal with each ASEAN member, an entire bloc backed by economic integration is relatively easy for a new trade vision. Bangladesh should agree in its aims and purposes, observe fundamental principles, and collaborate with the ASEAN community. It needs to adopt and enforce a results-oriented regional orientation policy to realize sustained socioeconomic returns from economic diplomacy with ASEAN.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Overview of ASEAN

Ⅲ. Challenges for Bangladesh in Connection with ASEAN

Ⅳ. A Prospect of Bangladesh in Cooperation with ASEAN

Ⅴ. Conclusion

키워드

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) Bangladesh Bangkok Declaration Economic Diplomacy South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)