South Asia Development and Cooperation Report, 2001/02

South Asia Development and Cooperation Report, 2001/02
Author: Research and Information System for the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2002
Genre: South Asia
ISBN:

This Report Gives An Overview Of The Global Economic Trends, Of The World Trading And Financial System And Of The Emerging Economic Scenario In Soth Asia. The Implications Of The Global Slowing Down For South Asia And The Challenges Of Emerging World Trading System Under Wto Are Analysed. It Stresses Strategic Importance Of Regional Economic Cooperation In South Asia As An Investment For Promoting Development And Competitive Strength Of The South Asian Region.

Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers

Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers
Author: Salman M. A. Salman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821353523

'Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers' traces the development of international water law. This book focuses on the hydro-politics of four countries in the South Asia region: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It analyzes the problems that these countries have encountered as riparians of international rivers and how they have addressed these problems. In particular, this study reviews the treaty regimes governing the Indus River basin, the Ganges River basin, and the Kosi, Gandaki, and Mahakali river basins. Each of these regimes is described in-depth, with special attention devoted to the main problems each of these treaties sought to address. The authors also review the treaty experience and offer observations on bilateralism and multilateralism.

Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia

Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia
Author: Sadiq Ahmed
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788132103110

This volume examines the dichotomy between the two faces of South Asia—one poverty stricken and lagging in development, the other highly urbanized and growing rapidly—and tries to find a workable solution to bridge this gap. It looks at the many policy and institutional constraints that contribute to this dichotomy, especially regional conflict that has made South Asia one of the least integrated regions of the world.

South Asia in the Era of Globalization

South Asia in the Era of Globalization
Author: Mita Bhattacharya
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781594540301

The South Asian economies constitute the largest and most densely populated region of the world. With an estimated 1.4 billion plus people, this is a larger market area than China. This volume addresses South Asia's opening up and attempts to integrate into the global economy. The volume is unique among existing offerings on South Asia in that it covers the dynamics of structural adjustments due to globalisation, focusing on the development and welfare aspects of the region. The contributions, by a broad range of international experts from the disciplines of banking and finance, economics, management and political science, are informed by three central themes. The three themes are industry reforms and market adjustment; economic performance and the effects on globalisation on specific industries; and economic development, poverty and welfare issues. The volume adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach to these issues and will appeal to readers from across the business disciplines.

Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia

Regional Integration and Economic Development in South Asia
Author: Sultan Hafeez Rahman
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1781005249

South Asian leaders have made it a priority to tackle key regional issues such as poverty, environment degradation, trade and investment barriers and food insecurity, among others.

Regional Economic Engagements and the Free Trade Agreements

Regional Economic Engagements and the Free Trade Agreements
Author: Ram Upendra Das
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9812839151

Given the recent emergence of China and India as economic powers, trade and economic engagement within the Asia Pacific region has become a significant area of interest to many policy-makers, academics and the general public. As international trade has been increasing among the countries in the region, many have decided to explore possibilities to introduce free trade through negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) due to its many advantages. This book comprehensively covers the existing economic cooperation arrangements in the region as well as those that are at various stages of study and negotiations.

Attacking Poverty

Attacking Poverty
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780195211290

At the start of each decade the World Development Report focuses on poverty reduction. The World Development Report, now in its twenty-third edition, proposes an empowerment-security-opportunity framework of action to reduce poverty in the first decades of the twenty-first century. It views poverty as a multidimensional phenonmenon arising out of complex interactions between assets, markets, and institutions. This Report shows how the experience of poverty reduction in the last fifteen years has been remarkably diverse and how this experience has provided useful lessons as well as warnings against simplistic universal policies and interventions. It shows how current global trends present extraordinary opportunities for poverty reduction but also cause extraordinary risks, including growing inequality, marginalization, and social explosions. The World Development Report 2000/2001 explores the challenge of managing these risks in order to make the most of the opportunities for poverty reduction.

Economic Integration in South Asia

Economic Integration in South Asia
Author: Muinul Islam
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2010
Genre: South Asia
ISBN: 9788131729458

Economic Integration in South Asia: Issues and Pathways is one of the volumes of the series titled, Imagine a New South Asia, presented by ActionAid International Asia. This volume envisions a new South Asia, free from human deprivation and poverty, where countries will become successful, proud and inclusive societies. This book demonstrates how South Asian countries can learn from the best practices in the region as well as from their failures, and also by trying to emulate the successful strategies of introducing egalitarian education and health systems of East Asia, China and Southeast Asian countries. Rich in analysis and research, this volume seeks an alternative people-centred perspective, and takes into account all those voices that have so long been unheard in policy-making processes through reviews of case studies. Not only will the findings of this volume be useful in conducting campaigns for appropriate policy and mindset changes, but these will also, eventually, make the emergence of a highly integrated South Asia truly possible.

Patterns of Shocks and Regional Monetary Cooperation in South Asia

Patterns of Shocks and Regional Monetary Cooperation in South Asia
Author: Nephil Matangi Maskay
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451875819

The member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation have set as a target the achievement of an economic union by 2020. Reaching this goal will require greater levels of monetary cooperation. How should this be achieved? Data from South Asia suggest that member states have minor trade linkages and face asymmetrical patterns of shocks. This paper concludes that, absent a clear road map for monetary cooperation, the present process must be structured so as to be harmonized with the level of regional economic integration.