Abul Kalam. UBS Publishers Limited. 2001.
As the findings in Part II of the book suggest, subregional effort in South Asia lacked the necessary conceptual element to serve as guidepost either as a model or offer any coherent plan of action to replicate growth effort in South East Asia. Official launching of South Asian Growth Quadrangle (SAGQ) appeared more as a tool of political fanfare than a growth mechanism, the private sector seems still unimpressed, and the multilateral donor agencies have been sidelined. The policy recommendations in Part III of the book include the framework for a conceptual model, to be supported by a coherent plan of action for both subregional and regional development, that would draw both the private sector as an engine of growth and the multilateral donors as supportive agencies.
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The
book presents a three-part study of new geo-economic model of growth
in Asia, namely, subregional cooperation. Part I deals with ASEAN
Growth Triangle, with the hindsight of similar efforts in southern
China. Conceptually, it views ASEAN’s model for subregional growth
as modified structuralism that is supported by appropriate vision
and followed by serious efforts to make operational a blueprint
of action towards cooperative security/interdependent development.| |