Subject(s): South Asia in Economic policy. -- South Asia in Economic conditions. -- Economic history. -- Recent macroeconomic performance in south Asia : Recent development in Bangladesh economy, political economy of recent economic growth in India, economic reforms in Nepal, recent macroeconomic developments and implications for poverty and employment in Pakistan, liberalisation and industrial growth in Sri Lanka -- Emerging economic challenges in India : Climate change policy in India, millennium development goals for India, expenditure implications of India's state level fiscal crisis -- Trade, industrial and financial sector reform in south Asia : in India, major Indian ICT firms and their approaches towards achieving quality, privatization and public enterprise reform, RTA and south Asia- options in wake of cancun fiasco -- Foreign perception of and foreign investment in south Asia : Governance issues in India and Australian business, trends in FDI flows and prospects for India, foreign investment in Nepal -- Poverty alleviation in south Asia : Poverty, inequity and economic growth, growth, inequality and structural adjustments- empirical interpretation of S-curve for Indian economy, rural poverty reduction strategy for south Asia