Trade between India and Sri Lanka changed significantly with the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (ISFTA) coming into operation in March 2000. Total trade between the two countries has grown sevenfold during the past 14 years, and India is now the largest trading partner and a main source of...

This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides...

This book considers the leadership of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the interaction with civil society in the process of South Asian regional cooperation and integration, and discusses how the emerging urgency in the provision of regional public goods provides...

In 1995, South Asia undertook to accelerate the process of regional economic inte gration through a preferential trade agreement. In practice, given the strained ties between the two largest economies of India and Pakistan, the political constraints to freeing trade within the framework of a...

The garment industry in Sri Lanka remains the largest gross export earner, accounting for a significant share of total manufacturing employment in the country. With the expected phase out of quotas under the Multi Fibre Agreement in 2005, the industry will face significant challenges from an...

This case study analyses the effect that the end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) has had on innovation in the Sri Lankan textile and clothing sector. The ending of the quota system under the MFA led to an increase in the US and EU markets which has motivated a large number of innovations in...

This paper is one of five case studies which is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) on innovation in the Sri Lankan textile and clothing sector....