The alarming increase in global warming in the last century resulted in an intensive debate over issues of environmental degradation due to rapid economic growth on the basis of intensive utilization of the natural resources of the world economy. The literature is exhaustive on these issues and...

SAARC members urgently need to secure sustainable energy supplies at affordable prices. Alarmingly high oil prices in the face of ever increasing energy demand have resulted in severe pressure on resources of SAARC members. The objective of this study examine the relationship among energy...

In the transitional period of development, absorptive capacity is not a binding constraint to development for long. As attempts to increase investment are made in a bid to achieve the desired growth rate, savings fall short of funds required for the purpose. In the initial period of development,...