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    422 : BCIM Corridor: Brightening Prospects of India’s Economic Engagement in South and Southeast Asia

    Deeparghya Mukherjee is Visiting Research Fellow at ISAS

    28 April 2016

    This paper focuses on the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor as a crucial means to improving India’s trade prospects and developing its North East. Highlighting the commodities mosttraded between India and the BCM countries, it makes a case for tapping the sectors of tourism, hospitality and local handicraft. The corridor may also help in tackling India’s urbanisation challenges.