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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia book cover

1st Edition

Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia

Edited By Prema-chandra Athukorala, Jayatilleke S. Bandara, Saman Kelegama Copyright 2011
202 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing a sound empirical basis for informing the policy debate. These limitations point to the need for... Read more

1. Trade liberalization and poverty in South Asia: Reforms, stylised facts and preview  Prema-chandra Athukorala, Jayatilleke S Bandara and Saman Kelegama 2. Trade and poverty: Theory, evidence and policy issues Jayatilleke S Bandara 3. Bangladesh Selim Raihan 4. Bhutan Chencho Dorji 5. India Rashmi Banga and Shruti Sharma 6. The Maldives Jagath Dissanayake and Suwendrani Jayaratne 7. Nepal Yuba Raj Khatiwada 8. Pakistan Rehana Siddiqui 9. Sri Lanka Deshal de Mel and Ruwan Jayathilaka

Biography

Prema-chandra Athkorala is Professor of Economics at the College of Asia and The Pacific, Australian National University and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He has published numerous books and articles on international trade and economic development.

Jayatilleke S. Bandara is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, Australia. He has published extensively in the areas of trade, development and economic modelling, particularly focusing on South Asian countries.

Saman Kelegama is the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in Sri Lanka. He has written a number of books on Sri Lankan economy and South Asian economic issues.

"This book is an important contribution to literature on understanding how trade liberalization in South Asia has developed" - Rina M. Alluri, Swisspeace; Journal of International and Global Studies Volume 4, Number 1, (November 2012).
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