MASAHISA FUJITA has been a major contributor to spatial economic theory during his twenty-year tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and more recently at Kyoto University, Japan since 1995, where he has served as Director of the Institute of Economic Research. His scholarship ranges over the fields related to regional science, location theory, economic geography, urban economics, and spatial economics. Professor Fujita is the recipient of the 1983 Tord Palander Prize, the 1998 Walter Isard Award in regional science, and the 2000 Nikkei Economic Book Prize, and the 2002 William Alonso

• Preface Introduction India, Japan and Asia; J.N.Bhagwati East Asia: Regional Integration among Open Economies; H.Kharas, E.Aldaz-Carroll & S.Rahardja The Relationship between China and India within the Framework of Asian Economic Integration; Z.Yuyan Economic Cooperation between Thailand and India and its Implications on the Asian Community; C.Suteethorn The Position of India in Asian Economy: Progress of Economic Integration and Poverty Alleviation; S.Uchikawa India's Agricultural Challenges and their Implications for Growth of its Economy; R.Chand Discussions and Summary

MASAHISA FUJITA has been a major contributor to spatial economic theory during his twenty-year tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and more recently at Kyoto University, Japan since 1995, where he has served as Director of the Institute of Economic Research. His scholarship ranges over the fields related to regional science, location theory, economic geography, urban economics, and spatial economics. Professor Fujita is the recipient of the 1983 Tord Palander Prize, the 1998 Walter Isard Award in regional science, and the 2000 Nikkei Economic Book Prize, and the 2002 William Alonso

• Preface Introduction India, Japan and Asia; J.N.Bhagwati East Asia: Regional Integration among Open Economies; H.Kharas, E.Aldaz-Carroll & S.Rahardja The Relationship between China and India within the Framework of Asian Economic Integration; Z.Yuyan Economic Cooperation between Thailand and India and its Implications on the Asian Community; C.Suteethorn The Position of India in Asian Economy: Progress of Economic Integration and Poverty Alleviation; S.Uchikawa India's Agricultural Challenges and their Implications for Growth of its Economy; R.Chand Discussions and Summary

MASAHISA FUJITA has been a major contributor to spatial economic theory during his twenty-year tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and more recently at Kyoto University, Japan since 1995, where he has served as Director of the Institute of Economic Research. His scholarship ranges over the fields related to regional science, location theory, economic geography, urban economics, and spatial economics. Professor Fujita is the recipient of the 1983 Tord Palander Prize, the 1998 Walter Isard Award in regional science, and the 2000 Nikkei Economic Book Prize, and the 2002 William Alonso

• Preface Introduction India, Japan and Asia; J.N.Bhagwati East Asia: Regional Integration among Open Economies; H.Kharas, E.Aldaz-Carroll & S.Rahardja The Relationship between China and India within the Framework of Asian Economic Integration; Z.Yuyan Economic Cooperation between Thailand and India and its Implications on the Asian Community; C.Suteethorn The Position of India in Asian Economy: Progress of Economic Integration and Poverty Alleviation; S.Uchikawa India's Agricultural Challenges and their Implications for Growth of its Economy; R.Chand Discussions and Summary