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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461510903321

Autore

Burki Shahid Javed.

Titolo

South Asia in the new world order : the role of regional cooperation / / Shahid Javed Burki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10427-X

9786613104274

1-136-81971-1

0-203-83006-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 40

Disciplina

337.1/54

Soggetti

Economic development - South Asia

South Asian cooperation

Electronic books.

South Asia Economic integration

South Asia Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Challenges and opportunities -- Reshaping the global economy : the dawn of the Asian century? -- History's many burdens -- South Asia may have turned the corner -- The South Asian way : a non-conventional approach to the making of economic policies -- A multilayered world : regional integration as a determinant of sustained national growth -- South Asia : future growth scenarios with or without integration.

Sommario/riassunto

Rapid changes have taken place in the structure of the global economy, and this book looks at how South Asia can take advantage of these changes. The author argues that the developing global economy will be more complex than originally thought, that instead of a bipolar model with two countries, the US and China, at the centre, it will be multipolar with eight centres of economic activity, including India.The book goes on to suggest that in the context of such a model, there should be regional cooperation between India and its immediate neighbouring countries for South Asia to advanc