Evolving Global Order and Indo-Bangladesh Relations: New Dimensions, and Opportunities
A lot more can be done to promote already blossoming India-Bangladesh friendship in terms of trade, investments and people-to-people contacts. Indo-Bangladesh trade is yet to cross USD 10 billion. In 2013, Bangladesh exported 2.2% of its total export to India whereas in 2019 India’s share in Bangladesh’s export has declined to 1.3%. In the same period, China’s share in Bangladesh’s export has increased from 0.64% to 4.22%. In the case of imports, Bangladesh’s dependence on China has substantially increased in recent times. In 2013, India’s share in Bangladesh’s total imports was 16.9%. This share declined to 7.3% in 2019. However, China’s share in the corresponding period has increased from 8.5% to 48.9%.

The same trend is observed in FDI inflow to Bangladesh. In 2018 Indian FDI share in Bangladesh has marginally increased from 3.3% in 2013 to 4.3% in 2018, whereas, during the same time, the Chinese FDI share has increased from 2.4% to 31.1%

In a multipolar world when global leadership alters, India can become the most important development partner of Bangladesh. This survey is meant to identify the scope and opportunities for reinforcing Indo-Bangladesh friendship for prosperity.

This exploratory pilot survey of the Asian Confluence (https://www.asianconfluence.org) uses the 'snowball sampling method’, to identify mainly the restraining forces that are active on both sides of the border.

This pilot survey, which uses the 'snowball sampling method’, tries to identify the restrictive forces that are active on both sides of the border.
Kindly forward this link to your friends who may be willing/able to provide their unbiased opinion on this issue. Names and affiliation of the respondents are not expected to be disclosed in the survey.
A. You are requested to reveal your opinion on a 5 point scale (1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: neither agree nor disagree, 4: agree, 5: strongly agree) against the following statements.

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1. Economic rise of Bangladesh is good for India and particularly Northeast India *
2. Bangladesh should be an integral part of India’s Act East policy *
3. Improvement of connectivity between Bangladesh and Northeast India could be a game-changer for  India-Bangladesh relations *
4. In spite of improved relations there is trust deficit between India and Bangladesh *
5. Discontent on sharing of water is a major issue affecting the bridging of this trust deficit. *
6. Smuggling/informal trade lobbies are very strong on both sides of the Border *
7. Border forces and custom authorities of both countries want stringent trade restrictions *
8. Illegal cross border migration is a concern *
9. Transit facilities between India and Bangladesh should be more simple
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10. Fundamentalists of both the countries are major restraining forces1 *
11. Shared ecology of the region has been back benched by the academics and policy makers *
12. Both the countries have not taken enough constructive steps to improve ‘people to people’ contacts *
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You are a citizen of India/Bangladesh *
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a) New areas which you want Indian government should focus on Bangladesh *
b) Scope of India - Japan joint projects in Bangladesh and the areas *
c) Bangladesh as a development partner in East and Northeast India *
Development of border economic zones between Northeast India and Bangladesh *
List the barriers to trade and investment for Bangladesh *
List the barriers to trade and investment for India *
Bangladesh’s expectation from India to fight with Covid-19 and related pandemic *
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