The present study explores opportunities and challenges for intra- and inter-regional trade in the Central and South Asia areas by analyzing a wide range of channels impacting trade. Trade enhancing channels are divided into two broad categories. The first set refers to disaggregated or product-level characterizations of trade affecting competitiveness and complementarities between trading partners within and between the regions. The second refers to price, non-price and structural determinants that tend to affect all products traded between countries. The analysis also includes a gravity model to gauge the effect of economic growth, distance and price, non-price and structural determinants of regional trade.

Trade strategy support in Maldives for the preparation of Loan Program for Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME) through greater access to credit, expanded business development services, and a strengthened legal and institutional framework for enterprise development.

Regional integration analysis to promote trade among the Member States of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

Trade-related support for commercialization of agriculture in the Maldives assessing opportunities based on competitive advantage of key products, and domestic resource cost (DRC) analysis.

Trade-related support for technical assistance project for Maldive's commercialization of agriculture, based on identification of investment opportunities of key products, domestic resource cost (DRC) analysis, and value chain development.

Strategy and action plan sub-regional cooperation based on the Asian growth area model