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Fulfilling the Promises of South Asian Integration: A Gravity Estimation

by Mustafa Moinuddin ADBI Working Paper no.415, April 2013 This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) countries. The need [...]

Food Price Escalation in South Asia

by Bruno Carrasco and Hiranya Mukhopadhyay Economic and Political Weekly, November 17, 2012 South Asia is the region most vulnerable to increasing food inflation given that a large part of its population lives below or near the poverty line. An empirical analysis of the factors that could explain the increase in food inflation is presented [...]

Empire Meets Globalisation:Explaining Historical Patterns of Inequity in South Asia

by David Ludden Economic & Political Weekly, July28, 2012 Recent decades of globalisation provide a new starting point for the study of south Asia by highlighting critical human issues that force history into the present and generate new productive conversations between history and social science. One fundamental issue is the increasing inequality in wealth and [...]

Worker Migration and Remittances in South Asia

by Mayumi Ozaki ADB South Asia Working Paper Series no.12, May 2012 Every year South Asian countries send out a significant number of migrant workers, resulting in remittances becoming an important source of funds for economic development. However, despite its huge potential to contribute to economic growth, South Asian countries have not yet fully maximized [...]

Creating jobs in South Asia’s conflict zones

by Lakshmi Iyer and Indhira Santos WB Policy Research Working Paper no.  WPS 6104, June 2012 This paper describes the key challenges to job creation in conflict-affected environments in South Asia. It uses household survey data since the early 2000s for Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to document the characteristics of labor markets in conflict-affected [...]

Impact of Services Trade Liberalization on Employment and People Movement in South Asia

by Rupa Chanda ADBI WP No.339, December 2011 Services have been a key driver of overall economic growth in South Asia since the 1990s. This paper examines how the growth of services output, trade and investment have affected service sector employment in South Asia and the extent to which countries in this region are proactively [...]

The Financial Crisis in the Gulf and its Impact on South Asian Migrant Workers

by S. Irudaya Rajan and D. Narayana SANEI WP11-13, March 2011 The financial crisis that originated in the United States of America impacted the Gulf Cooperation Council countries with a time lag. The falling oil prices, contracting trade, and declining private investment flows have adversely affected the GDP growth in turn affecting the flow of [...]

Food Security in South Asia: Strategies and Programmes for Regional Collaboration

by Muhammad Iqbal and Rashid Amjad SANEI WP 11-12, March 2011 This study attempts to analyze the food security situation in South Asia in order to help draw up strategies and programmes for regional cooperation in ensuring food security and reducing hunger and malnutrition in the SAARC countries. The focus of the study is on [...]

The Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Employment, Income and Poverty in Kerala

by Jacob John SANEI WP 11-09 Kerala, out of the 28 Indian States, has a highly commercialized and monetized economy where more than 60 percent of its products are exported. Global financial crisis has hit the Kerala economy in many ways due to its enhanced exposure to external economies. Kerala has the distinction of achieving [...]

Financial Crisis and Migrant Remittances: Effects on Growth and Poverty in SelectedSouth Asian Countries

by Azam Chaudhry; Naved Hamid and Salamn Asim SANEI WP No. 11-06 The world has recently witnessed its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. As the crisis worsened, its effects spread to the developing world. South Asia was no exception with the growth rates registering a sharp decline in the latter half of 2008 [...]

Understanding the Impact of the economic Crisis on Child and Maternal Health among the Poor: Opportunities for the South Asia

By Azra Abdul Cader and Lakwamashi Perera ADBI Working Paper Series No.293 July, 2011 The economic crisis hit many countries in 2007 and the effects are still being felt, especially in poorer developing nations. Much of the debate surrounding the economic crisis and its impacts has focused on the financial and economic aspects—import/export impacts, economic [...]

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