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This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India's organized manufacturing in order to …
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The paper provides an assessment of India's role in the final years of the civil war in Sri Lanka (2003-2009). In … particular, it looks for explanations for India's inability to act as a conflict manager in its own region, which is in contrast … India's approach to the conflict, when in 2007 New Delhi began to rather explicitly support the Sri Lankan government - in …
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Economic integration in South Asia is governed by India's relations with the other economies of the region and it is … also at the helm of all trade facilitation and transit issues of the region. Concessions given by India under SAFTA for … LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to non-LDC members have applied to its imports from Pakistan. India …
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India has long been regarded as a deal-breaker in international climate negotiations; it was at the summit in … Copenhagen that India first abandoned its old strategic line and made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions voluntarily. This … globally, India intended to be perceived as a responsible actor, one deserving of a greater say in global governance matters …
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The growing urbanization of poverty poses a significant challenge to governments and donors alike, particularly in Asia, which houses 60 per cent of the world's slum dwellers. Donors have been slow to respond to the urban challenge, however, both in their funding patterns and their priorities....
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exporters. Over 80 of the fabric needs of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, for example, come from outside the region even though India … trade facilitation reforms. India, in its current role as SAARC Chair should take a leading role in facilitating these …
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The slow progress and modest achievements of regional integration in South Asia have generated a huge amount of skepticism about its role as an effective strategy of growth. The present study, however, argues that there is need to forge deeper integration within the region. It examines the...
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Food security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification...
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