The South Asian Free Trade Area : Problems and Perspective

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). 3. The South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) : towards a multilateral framework. 4. India. 5. Bangladesh. 6. Nepal. 7. Sri Lanka and Maldives. 8. Pakistan. 9. The South Asian Free Trade Area : a critique. Bibliography. Index.

"Regional co-operatives around the world have set the tone for a healthy and sustainable development of the people inhabiting the region.

South Asian region has attracted adventures through the ages for its strategic location and fruits wealth. Though belated the SAFTA agreement expresses. The political commitment to facilitate trade in the region. Successful unemplementation of the Uslambed declaration could lift the burden of history which the connecting of this region have born twice the time of their independence.

Aim of this book is to examine and understand evolution of SAFTA. Problems and perspective of each one of the seven countries have been discussed with a critique for desirability of SAFTA.

Science and technology have not only changed the social system of world, they have transferred the life style and behaviour of the people at large. We need a system that preserves good things of the old age. But the needs is to combine them with new technologies available to-day. Two major developments in the sixteenth century altered the course of communication history. It was the last phase of renaissance where great development took place in the field of communication." (jacket)