India is by a long way the largest economy in South Asia. It is eight times the size of Pakistan and more than 30 times the size of Sri Lanka. India’s current weakness might therefore be expected to have knock-on effects on its neighbours. But the links between these economies are so weak that the risk of contagion is low. This has helped Pakistan and Sri Lanka recently, but the lack of integration with India may hold them back in the years ahead.
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