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<b>Wencai Zhang:</b> Connecting Asia's growth poles

For a vital role in global growth, South Asia's economies need to be integrated with each other

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Wencai Zhang
A new chapter of Asia’s growth story is being written either side of the Ganga delta. South Asia is rising. China is striving to reach a new level. Along the Mekong, startling growth is reversing decades of stagnation.

There’s just one element missing that could elevate this growth curve to new heights, not just for Asia but globally. If India and other South Asian nations — collectively forecast to grow by 7.3 per cent in 2017 — can integrate their dynamic economies into the rest of Asia, they could lift the region to a higher plane of social and economic
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