Title:
Integrating services in South Asia : trade, investment, and mobility
Author:
Chanda, Rupa.
ISBN:
9780198069959
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New Delhi, India ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xxxii, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Regional Integration Efforts and Outcomes -- 2.Why Services Integration? -- 3.Telecommunication Services: Need for a Pro-competitive Approach -- 4.Energy Services: Deepening Integration through Political and Economic Cooperation -- 5.Tourism Trade: Realizing the Potential in South Asia -- 6.Health Services: Exploring Commercial and Collaboration Opportunities -- 7.Education Services: Addressing Cross-cutting Impediments -- 8.South Asia's Multilateral and Regional Commitments in Services -- 9.The Way Forward: Identifying Drivers and Negotiating Frameworks.
Abstract:
In this era of globalization, every region and country in the world is pursuing some kind of integration to further its economic, geo-political, and strategic interests. This book explores the prospects for and challenges to services integration in South Asia through an in-depth analysis of some representative services-telecommunications, energy, tourism, health, and education.