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...

1. Introduction -- 2. South Asia : the region -- 3. Trade and FDI patterns of South Asian countries -- 4. Preferential trading agreements in South Asia -- 5. Conflict in South Asia -- 6. Theoretical foundations of the economic integration and conflict relationship in South Asia -- 7. Impact of...

Regional economic cooperation and integration has assumed a new urgency for countries in Southern Asia in the aftermath of the global financial crisis with the advanced economies, traditional locomotives of the world economy, facing a new normal of slowdown.