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    Inequalities of income opportunity in a hilly state: a study of Uttarakhand

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2007
    The Indian economy has grown at a fast pace in the recent past and this has resulted in optimism on most fronts. In such a milieu however, it is extremely important to ensure that all sections of the population share the fruits of this success.
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    Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in South Asia: causes, outcomes, and possible remedies

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013
    Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) has been recognised as a public health issue in developing countries. Economic constraints, sociocultural limitations, insufficient dietary intake, and poor absorption leading to depleted vitamin A stores in the body have been regarded as potential determinants of the prevalence of VAD in South Asian developing countries.
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    Trade potential in SAFTA: an application of Augmented Gravity Model - OP61.pdf

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2007
    The present paper investigates the trade creation and trade diversion effects of a number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), with special focus on the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), by using a gravity model.
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    Ownership structure and financial performance in Islamic banks: does bank ownership matter?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Studies that have attempted to explain the performance of Islamic banks are limited compared to the abundant literature on this issue for conventional banks. The current study aims to investigate empirically the relation between ownership structure and performance in a panel data sample of 53 Islamic Banks scattered over 15 countries for a five-year period (2005 to 2009).
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    Promoting populationwide salt reduction in the South-East Asia Region: current status and future directions

    World Health Organization WHO File, 2013
    This paper highlights key actions that countries can take to reduce salt intake as a population-based strategy to prevent and control hypertension and associated cardiovascular disease.
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    Innovation and additionality for development finance: looking at Asia

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2013
    The issue of introducing innovation in financing came into discussion at Monterrey in response to the recurring failure of most developed countries to live up to their commitment to enhance flows of official development assistance (ODA) to the developing countries in order to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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    Technologies to support climate change adaptation in developing Asia

    Asian Development Bank Institute, 2014
    Asian Development Bank (ADB) report highlighting the climate adaptation needs among its developing member states, and assessing sector-relevant technological solutions.
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    India-Sri Lanka bilateral free trade agreement: six years performance and beyond

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    India-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement signed in 1998 was a pioneering attempt in the direction of trade liberalisation in South Asian region. This paper examines the performance of the Agreement in the first six years of its coming into being and draws lessons from its success that could be relevant in the context of South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) and other such initiatives.
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    Relevance of ‘policy space’ for development: implications for multilateral trade negotiations

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    Development is a process of transforming an economy from concentrated assets based on primary products, to a diverse set of assets based on knowledge. This process involves investing in human, physical and natural capital in manufacturing and services and divesting in rent seeking, commerce, and un-sustainable agriculture (Amsden, 2001, 2-3).
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    India’s rising role in Asia

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    Compared to East Asia, India’s growth strategy has relied relatively more on domestic markets, consumption rather than investments, decentralised entrepreneurial rather than state-led development, and on financial and capital market intermediation in allocation of savings (Das, 2006; Huang, 2006; Morgan Stanley, 2006).

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