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Regional economic integration in South Asia: prospects and challenges
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009Realising its importance, the South Asian region has also embarked upon various processes of regional economic integration. However, the South Asian regional integration process is fraught with difficulties, especially due to a lack of understanding about the very economics of regional economic integration.DocumentRegional cooperation for regional infrastructure development: challenges and policy options for South Asia
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009Regional infrastructure is one of the major determinants of economic integration process. It enhances international and regional connectivity through the free flow of goods and factors across borders, allowing countries to benefit from a better relocation of resources.DocumentA legally binding agreement (LBA) - growing need for air pollution reduction and control in South Asia
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011Environmental degradation remains a challenge in most South Asian countries. With increased industrial activity, the exponential growth in number of vehicles and population, the contribution of each country to the south Asia regional air pollution is expected to increase over time.DocumentAir pollution reduction and control in South Asia
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2012With increasing urbanisation and economic growth, air pollution is becoming an urgent concern in South Asian countries Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.DocumentFighting corruption in South Asia: building accountability
Transparency International, 2014Hardly a speech is delivered in South Asia without mention of the need to fight corruption in the region. Yet despite the lofty promises, corruption is on the rise. This report shows how a serious lack of political will on the part of governments to make laws work, means that government action to fight corruption is largely ineffective.DocumentChild Marriage in South Asia
Center for Food Safety, 2013Child marriage is a human rights crisis occurring on an alarming scale in South Asia. South Asia accounts for almost half of all child marriages that occur globally. Child marriage does not constitute a single rights violation; rather, every instance of it triggers a continuum of violations that continues throughout a girl’s life.DocumentChild Marriage in South Asia
Center for Food Safety, 2013Child marriage is a human rights crisis occurring on an alarming scale in South Asia. South Asia accounts for almost half of all child marriages that occur globally. Child marriage does not constitute a single rights violation; rather, every instance of it triggers a continuum of violations that continues throughout a girl’s life.DocumentClimate change, food security and trade linkages in South Asia
2013This briefing paper examines the linkages between climate change, food security and trade in South Asia.DocumentFrom the ground up: Changing the conversation about climate change
BBC Media Action, 2014This policy briefing, produced by BBC Media Action, draws upon the world’s largest study of people’s everyday experience of climate change: the Climate Asia Project.DocumentWhere energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific
ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and devPages