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Item Globalization: A South Asian Perspective(SAWTEE, 2000) Kelegama, SamanItem Sri Lanka(World Bank, 2003, 2003) Kelegama, SamanItem South Asia After the Quota System: Impact of the MFA Phase-Out(Institute of Policy Studies in association with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2005, 2005) Kelegama, Saman (ed.)The quota system that was the basis of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), and which governed trade in textile and clothing (T&C) for the last four decades came to an end on 31 December 2004. The MFA artificially repressed the exports of competitive larger countries that had the capacity to supply T&C in large quantities like India and Pakistan in South Asia. At the same time, by providing a guaranteed market access, the MFA assisted several smaller countries in South Asia like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal to build up their export-oriented T&C sectors. The T&C sector gradually occupied a key position in these economies accounting for large foreign exchange earnings and generating a large number of jobs. The dawn of 2005 brought trade in T&C fully into the normal discipline of the WTO. Most studies have shown that the new regime will bring global welfare gains, but it is believed that the gains will be unevenly spread — smaller countries in South Asia will face an uphill task to reap the gains while the larger countries will gain without much difficulty. This book shows the preparatory work done by the South Asian countries for the quota phase-out period and measures taken by them to face the global challenge. It also highlights the new issues in global trade in the context of maintaining competitiveness of T&C of the South Asian region. The book consists of nine chapters which include five South Asian case studies (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal). It also covers new market access issues such as social protection, decent work, Generalized System of Preferences-Plus scheme, and many others.Item China as a Balancer in South Asia: An Economic Perspective with Special Reference to Sri Lanka(Stanford University Press, 2016, 2016) Kelegama, SamanThis chapter focuses on how the smaller South Asian countries view economic issues related to China's rise by using Sri Lanka as a case study.Item Trade in Textiles and Apparel in South Asia(Centre for Trade and Development, 2005) Kelegama, Saman; Weeraratne, BileshaThis chapter provides an overview of Textile and Apparel (T&A) trade in South Asia and analyses the implications of the end of the Agreement of Textile and Clothing and future of the T&A trade. The analysis focuses on Sri Lanka and excludes Bhutan due to the unavailability of data while the Maldives and Nepal are of relatively low significance in South Asia’s T&A Trade.Item Political Economy of Growth and Reforms in South Asia(Oxford University Press, 2003) Kelegama, Saman; Parikh, Kirit S.Item Economic Cooperation: The Emerging Scenario(Institute of Policy Studies of Pakistan, 2012) Kelegama, SamanConsidering China continuously increasing importance for the global level, increased economic cooptation between China and SAARc member countries will be mutually beneficial, particularly for the South Asia . SAARC's own success in achieving desired level of regionalism has been limited, and China's involvement can become a catalyst in this regard. While trade between China and SAARC has been increasing in recent years, the potential of economic cooptation is much more beyond trade alone. China's engagement can address some of SAARC's fundamental shortfalls such as inability to generate funds for crucial projects and no progress towards knowledge and technology transfers. Regardless of China's full membership of SAARC, its active involvement in South Asia will continue to grow. - Eds.Item Towards Greater Economic Connectivity in South Asia(Sameeksha, 2007) Kelegama, SamanTo strengthen economic connectivity in south Asia, members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation should not depend solely on the SAARC framework, and the agreement on the South Asia Free Trade Area. The natural market integration process that started in south Asia with the high growth in India in particular, can give an impetus to strengthening economic connectivity. The private sector in south Asia, through the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has to play a key role as a pressure group to remove impediments for economic integration. Steps also need to betaken to not overload the SAARC agenda with soft issues so that economic connectivity issues receive due attention.Item Overview(Centad, 2007, 2006) Kelegama, Saman; Chimni, B.S.; Das, B.L.; Rahman, MustafizurProvides an overview of each chapter in the volume.Item Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia: Beyond SAFTA(Sage, 2010, 2010) Ahmed, Sadiq (ed.); Kelegama, Saman (ed.); Ghani, Ejaz (ed.)This volume examines the dichotomy between the two faces of South Asiaߟone poverty stricken and lagging in development, the other highly urbanized and growing rapidlyߟand tries to find a workable solution to bridge this gap. It looks at the many policy and institutional constraints that contribute to this dichotomy, especially regional conflict that has made South Asia one of the least integrated regions of the world.