CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgments, About the Contributors, List of Figures, Boxes and Tables, Introduction-Anand Kumar, Section: I: GEOPOLITICAL, STRATEGIC AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: 1. Revitalising Regional Economic Integration in South Asia in the Post-COVID Era-Dammu Ravi, 2. South Asian Economic Integration: A Geopolitical Quotient-Achyut Wagle, 3. South Asian Connectedness: Culture as the Foundation for Economic Integration-Tarun Vijay, 4. Navigating Economic Shifts: India's Cohesive Role in the Bay of Bengal-Soumya Bhowmick and Nilanjan Ghosh, 5. Deepening Subregional Economic Integration in South Asia: The Strategic Importance of Bangladesh-India Bilateral Partnership-Delwar Hossain, 6. Terrorism as Bottleneck to Regional Economic Integration-Navita Srikant, Section II: TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES: 7. Investment Opportunities for Least Developed Countries through BIMSTEC-Fahmida Khatun and Afrin Mahbub, 8. Fostering Regional Supply Chains: A New Approach to South Asian Trade Agreements beyond Market Access-Mathisha Arangala, 9. Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in South Asia: An Entrepreneur's Perspective-Kesang Om, 10. Unlocking Sri Lanka's Economic Growth: The Role of Trade Integration with South Asia and Southeast Asia-Arliya Weerakoon, 11. Barriers to Goods Trade in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects-Prabir De, 12. Aid, Infrastructure and Regional Connectivity in South Asia: A Recipient's Perspective-Anurag Acharya, Section III: SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION AND REGIONAL RESPONSE: 13. Nexus between Trade, Investment and Climate Change in South Asian Economies-Pami Dua, Deepika Goel and Neha Verma, 14. Green Goods Trade in South and Southeast Asia: Analysing Trends and Determinants of Import Patterns Smita Miglani and Pravakar Sahoo, 15. Regional Integration in South Asia: How Economic Crises and Driving Cooperation-Anand Kumar, 16. Revamping Innovation Infrastructure: A Pathway to Overcome The Middle Income Trap-Amit Agrahari and Harshit Kacholiya, 17. Bay of Bengal Blue Economy Integration (B3Ei): A Strategic Framework for Maritime Cooperation and Sustainable Growth among Bay of Bengal Coastal Countries (BBCC)-Khin Maung Zaw, Index.