Introduction -- PART A: Country Case Studies -- 1. India – Prof S K Mohanty and Dr Sabyasachi Saha -- 2. Nepal – Dr Dilli Raj Khanal -- 3. Bangladesh – Dr Khondakar Moazzem -- 4. Pakistan – Dr Abid Suleri -- 5. Sri Lanka – Dr Saman Kelegama and Mr Vishvanathan Subramaniam -- PART B:...

This paper examines the gains for South Asian economies from integrating with East Asia and India’s role in this process. Evidence of increased pan-Asian integration exists but the process is uneven. Bilateral trade has grown. Bilateral foreign direct investment flows and free trade...

This paper examines the gains for South Asian economies from integrating with East Asia and India’s role in this process. Evidence of increased pan-Asian integration exists but the process is uneven. Bilateral trade has grown. Bilateral foreign direct investment flows and free trade...

The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...

The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...

In this paper we explore the role of the static, selection and dynamic corporate governance changes on performance of commercial banks. We use stochastic cost frontier and panel data methods for an unbalanced panel data of Pakistani banks from 1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency...

An examination of the public pension and social security schemes in Pakistan reveals that the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a small proportion of old-age...

This paper attempts to document changes in the wage levels of different categories of workers employed in various segments of the labour market during the period 1990-912006-07, according to the information given in the labour force surveys. Wage structure can be analysed from different angles....