Transcript of papers presented during the 2nd SAARC Business Conclave held in Mumbai, India, in 2007 organized by South Asia Region of the World Bank in collaboration with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Introduction: structural analysis and the process of economic development / Jonas Ljungberg -- How it all began : on structural periods / Olle Krantz and Carl-Axel Nilsson -- Identifying and modelling cycles and long waves in economic time series / Fredrik N.G. Andersson -- Development blocks...