SAARC has so far not succeeded to make use of regional cooperation and integration especially in terms of unleashing potential of intra-regional trade to spur regional economic growth, employment and poverty reduction. The cost of non-cooperation among the member countries of SAARC result in...

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years.These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more typical pattern of "trade first,money later", recent policy initiatives involve the simultaneous...

In this note, we review recent data concerning Russia's economic integration with other countries. We first analyze the general picture of Russia's economic integration with the rest of the world and the importance of foreign economic relations for the country. We then turn to China, an...