Assessment on Indo-Myanmar Cross Border Trade through Zokhawthar

Abstract

The geographical contiguous and the close socio-cultural and economic links between North East India and Myanmar provides potential for cross border trade along the border land. The area being far removed from Indian mainland and Myanmar geographical and economic closeness with the booming South East Asian countries and China makes the prospect of border trade assume significance. It is on this setting that this study examines how far the formal trade opening has help the people in the border land. The questionnaire were designed to elicit information from people who are involves in border trade while secondary data’s were obtained from different records and books. The finding reveals that, to some extent the social economy of the people involves in trade have changed. The paper concludes by highlighting the problems of formal trade so to boost the economy in the region.