An Analysis of Trade Flows among ECO Member Countries and Potential for a Free Trade Area. By Dr. Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri.

Dr. Hussain Qadri dedicates this book to all his colleagues & co-workers of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) engaged around the world for the welfare of humankind & revival of Islam to establish peace and harmony and protect basic human rights women rights and the rights of children.

📗 Key Features

🔹 This research work analyzes the trade flow solutions among the Muslim countries, the trade flows among the ECO member countries themselves, and especially among the major trade partners of the ECO.

🔹 The research also undertakes a detailed discussion of the economic structure and the trade patterns of Pakistan, Iran, Turkey & Kazakhstan.

🔹 The researcher argues and explains that the ECO has a great potential in terms of economic integration and development. It should encourage the 56 Muslim nations.

🔹 It reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regional economic integration with special focus on the experience of regional integration arrangements in Europe and North America.

📚 Chapter 1

This chapter gives a detailed introduction regarding the research, context of study, research problem and its relevance, research questions, objectives of study & the contribution and significance of the study.

📚 Chapter 2

This chapter discusses the economic and the political structures and international trade of Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Kazakstan.

📚 Chapter 3

This Chapter discusses the trade policies & the trade liberations & barriers of the ECO countries.

📚 Chapter 4

This chapter discusses the regional trade agreements of the ECO countries with an introduction of the trade integration, unilateral, bilateral, multilateral and regional trade agreement. This chapter also discusses RTAs extensively.

📚 Chapter 5

This chapter analysis the comparative advantage among ECO member countries.

📚 Chapter 6

This chapter is the trade intensity analysis, the trade flows among the ECO countries and between the ECO and other countries, this chapter discusses the trade intensity theories and models.

📚 Chapter 7

This chapter is the gravity model analysis, trade flows of the ECO countries in which the author discusses the theoretical foundation, empirical application, commodity based, country specific, import and export and the core explanatory of the gravity trade model and equation.

📚 Chapter 8

Summary & conclusion, the overview, achievements and findings, policy implication and areas for further research are given.