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    India and its Eastern neighbours: prospects for sub-regional cooperation

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    South Asia is the fastest growing region in the world. The combined economy of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the third largest in the world in terms of GDP (PPP), with US and China ahead. SAARC countries make up around 21 percent of the total world population with around 1.7 billion people.
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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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    India-Bangladesh connectivity: possibilities and challenges

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    Enhancing bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh promises to provide exponential benefits for both countries. For India, in particular, transit and transshipment across Bangladesh is important as it is expected to boost the economy of India’s Northeast.
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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 Durban BRICS Summit: partnership for development and integration proceedings report

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2013
    The media hype and international attention that centered on Durban during the fifth BRICS Summit (26–27 March 2013) has faded.
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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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    The Afghanistan factor in India's approach to central Asia

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    Over the past decade, India has stepped up its efforts to reach out to the Central Asian Republics (CARs). New Delhi's approach to the region has been shaped, in part, by its interests in Afghanistan.
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    India's electronics sector: policies, practices and lessons from China

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    The National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2012 is primarily aimed at ramping up India's Electronic Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) capability. The policy comes on the back of a strong and sustained demand for consumer electronic goods that accounted for a hefty bill of US$125 billion last year.
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    Look East through Northeast: challenges and prospects for India

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    Since the early 1990s, India has been seeking to situate the country's troubled Northeast at the heart of what eventually evolved into its so-called 'Look East' policy. The enthusiasm over the 'Look East' thrust of Indian foreign policy has also grown as Europe and the US have found themselves mired in economic stagnation with no immediate prospect of recovery.
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    Prospects for regional cooperation on cross-border electricity trade in South Asia

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2013
    Energy remains one of the key inputs to socio-economic progress in developing societies. South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, have so far lagged far behind their developed counterparts in terms of access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy, especially electricity.

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