This volume examines the dichotomy between the two faces of South Asia - one poverty stricken and lagging in development, the other highly urbanized and growing rapidly - and tries to find a workable solution to bridge this gap. It looks at the many policy and institutional constraints that...

"South Asia has attracted global attention because it has experienced rapid GDP growth over the last two decades. What is not so well known is that South Asia is the least integrated region in the world. South Asia has opened its door to the rest of the world but it remains closed to its...

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