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    SAARC: the way ahead

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)—comprising India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan—has been in existence as a regional grouping for almost 30 years (with Afghanistan joining in 2007). It has yet, however, to succeed in bringing about closer integration between the member countries.
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    India and APEC: an appraisal

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC) forum, a premier regional institution promoting trade, investment and other linkages among economies of the Asia-Pacific region, has just celebrated twenty five years of its establishment. India is not a member of  APEC, but has close political, economic and strategic ties with many of its economies.
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    Deepening India’s engagement with Africa through better market access

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2015
    In order to provide ‘trade’ stimulus to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), India launched a Duty-Free Tariff Preferences (DFTP) scheme in 2008. DFTP scheme provides duty free treatment to about 98 per cent of tariff lines and 48 LDCs are beneficiary of this scheme. Preliminary evidence indicates the effect of the scheme has been limited and varies from country to country.
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    The India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Dialogue Forum at 10 years: reflections and looking ahead

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2013
    In 2003 India, Brazil and South Africa issued the Brasilia Declaration launching what has become known as IBSA, a trilateral initiative of multifaceted cooperation among three of the most influential regional powers on their respective continents.
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    Emerging seed markets: the role of Brazilian, Chinese and Indian seeds in African agriculture

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2014
    In recent years, three of the largest emerging powers, Brazil, China and India, have all brought about incredible agricultural revolutions and seeds have played a big part in that story. Nowadays, their seed markets are all within the world’s top ten in terms of value and their companies are eager to expand into new markets, particularly in Africa.
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    India’s growing dependence on imports in the area of bulk drugs

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    In the background of concerns being voiced by pharmaceutical industry and academics as well as policymakers, RIS organised a Colloquium on India’s Growing Dependence on Imports in the Area of Bulk Drugs in New Delhi on 23 December 2014 to provide inputs for government policymaking. The Colloquium observed that:
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    IP Rights, Innovation and Development Priorities: Need for Balance

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The Government of India is in the process of rolling out a National IPR Policy to signal an Intellectual Property (IP) friendly domestic business environment to the international audience.
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    Modi in Mauritius: renewing a special relationship

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit in 2015 to Mauritius and other countries in the Indian Ocean Region holds not only strategic significance but symbolic importance as well. The visit will allow Prime Minister Modi to establish a working and personal relationship with the newly elected government in Mauritius.
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    India and Japan: changing dimensions of partnership in the post-Cold War period

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2010
    The evolution of Japan's post-war relations with most Asian countries was largely governed by two factors the legacies of the Second World War and the compulsions of the Cold War. While the Southeast Asian region posed formidable diplomatic challenges to Japan, South Asia provided a soothing contrast.
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    Infrastructure challenges in India: the role of public-private partnerships

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    While India is the fourth largest economy in the world, a key Wfactor obstructing its growth and development is the lack of world class infrastructure. Estimates suggest that this lack

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