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  • Regional Investment Pioneers in South Asia

    The Payoff of Knowing Your Neighbors

    Series series South Asia Development Forum
    This report explores two understudied factors key to unlocking the economic potential of South Asia: intraregional investment and knowledge connectivity. Creating a unique firm level database, it provides a nuanced understanding of the drivers of outward investment for South Asian firms and provides policy options to enhance intraregional trade. ... Read more

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  • Regional Investment Pioneers in South Asia

    The Payoff of Knowing Your Neighbors

    Series series South Asia Development Forum
    Regional economic engagement within South Asia may gain increasing importance owing to several factors that are currently in play, including strategies to diversify global value chains and locate such value chains nearer home. These developments offer South Asia a chance to enhance its low levels of regional economic engagement and capitalize on significant unrealized development opportunities. ... Read more

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  • Urban Environmental Governance in India

    Browsing Bengaluru

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims to identify the challenges presented by current urban environmental governance practices in fast growing Indian cities, to propose changes to the current governance implementation strategies, and to explore the best practices to achieve sustainable urban models through Indian and global perspectives. With a focus on the city of Bengaluru, the book draws on extensive reviews of ... Read more

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