SAARC
Stuck in a cul-de-sac: is Indo–Pakistan obstinacy sinking the SAARC?
Stuck in a cul-de-sac: is Indo–Pakistan obstinacy sinking the SAARC?
Authors:
S.G. Pandian; Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
Since its formation in 1985, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to boost economic growth and collective self-reliance. Will the fraught relationship on which SAARC hinges – that of Pakistan and India – ever improve? Is it time for member states to admit that SAARC cannot be saved and to boost trade and trust by other means?
