Understanding South Asian Vulnerability: Perspectives of Regional Security

Understanding Dimensioning of Knowledge Transfer Perspectives

Most current conceptualisation of knowledge transfer emerges from the premise of occidental heritage. This paper examines the dialectical procedure, underpinning the unification of knowledge as an entity, and discusses dimensions of knowledge and knowledge transfer from the practitioner’s perspective. The study asks why, if knowledge is vital for business success and competitive advantage, the ...

Food Security in South and South East Asian Countries

Regional Cooperation in South Asia India Perspectives

The South Asian region comprising eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) is one of the most densely populated and poorest regions in the world. It has 23 percent of the world’s population and accounts for a mere 2 percent of world output. The region has 40 percent of the poorest people in the world, and its relatively young population ...

South Asian Free Trade Agreement: Prospects of Shallow Regional Integration

This paper essentially focuses on the belated regionalization attempts of the South Asian economies and myriad of problems that are coming in their way to forming a smoothly functioning free trade area and regional integration agreement. Notwithstanding their efforts, progress so far has been tardy. Although South Asian economies took several liberalization measures during the 1990-2005 period,...

Promoting Regional Health Cooperation: The South Asian Public Health Forum

May 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 5 | e108 The seven countries of South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) have a collective population of nearly 1.4 billion people [1]. This region has a long history of hostility and mistrust among its nations, and heavy governmental spending on defense has diverted resources away from investing in health and education [2–5]. ...