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    Driving across the South Asian borders: the Motor Vehicle Agreement between Bhutan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    The benefits of strengthening physical connectivity in a geographically contiguous region are increasingly being
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    Regional integration in West Africa: the evolution of ECOWAS

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    The integration of West African states into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was largely influenced by the processes of integration in Western Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in Africa. The rationale was both political and economic: to promote the unity of states and their faster economic development.
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    The dance of the elephant and the dragon: the promise and perils of Sino-Indian relations

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    India and China, two of the world's oldest civilisations, have had Ilittle historically relevant interactions with one other. Separated by the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas, neither of these two nations has ever displayed expansionist tendencies vis-à-vis each other.
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    India-Korea CEPA: an appraisal of progress

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the Republic of Korea is the first such free trade agreement signed by India with an OECD country. It was signed in August 2009 after over three years of negotiations and came into effect on 1 January 2010.
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    Towards 'Make in South Asia': theoretical basis and policy responses for evolving regional values chains

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    One of the most important ways in which several of the common developmental challenges in South Asia could be addressed is by focusing on manufacturing. In the new context, manufacturing becomes key to creating Regional Value Chains (RVCs) in South Asia along with its potential to serve as the engine of growth.
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    India's development cooperation with Ethiopia in sugar production: an assessment

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa with whom India has enjoyed a long standing partnership in development cooperation. In 2006, India provided a US$ 640 million line of credit to Ethiopia for development of its sugar industry.
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    An empirical analysis of demand for mobile services in Turkey

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper investigates the factors influencing the demand for mobile voice services in Turkey using firm level data that spans from January 2009 to December 2013. Competition in the mobile telecommunication market in Turkey has become more intense as a result of the mobile number portability (MNP) service introduced in 2008 and 3G technology introduced in 2009.
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    Fossil fuels are dead, long live fossil fuels: Botswana’s options for economic diversification

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Botswana is at a critical historical juncture. It has enjoyed a stable democracy since 1965 and strong, quality economic growth for the last few decades. However, the diamond revenues on which the country depends are likely to decline in the near future. Economic diversification is therefore a pressing policy concern.
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    China-Egypt trade and investment ties – seeking a better balance

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2015
    This policy brief examines Chinese investments in Egypt and the bi-lateral trading relationship between the two countries in order to better understand the extent of economic engagement. Since 2013, a spur in high-level diplomatic exchanges led to the signing of numerous agreements, including a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement.
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    The chimera of global convergence

    Transnational Institute, 2014
    It has become a staple of conventional wisdom that global economic power is shifting inexorably towards the East and the South. Many insist that we are on the brink of a world-­historic rebalancing that will result in the end of Western domination and the rise of a new hegemony.

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