| Title: | Issue No. 11 (October 2008) |
| Abstract: | In this issue, we provide brief analyses of a number of important recent developments in South Asia. As India, like the rest of the world, grapples with rising prices, we look at its policies in tackling inflation and how they are likely to impact Indian politics as the general elections loom. |
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| Title: | Issue No. 10 (June 2008) |
| Abstract: | The rise of food and oil prices has had considerable impact on South Asia, with high inflation hitting all the countries in the region. While certain food prices in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh can be controlled by regulating domestic supplies, the economies of South Asia remain exposed to oil and commodity price fluctuations that are linked to global supply and demand. |
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| Title: | Issue No. 9 (February 2008) |
| Abstract: | As 2007 drew to an end, South Asia was featured prominently in news headlines around the world. In India, the Indo-US nuclear deal took a stumble when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government made a surprise announcement that it was going to delay the agreement process of its civilian nuclear deal with the United States as it attempted to gain a domestic consensus. Determined opposition to the deal by the Left coalition partners of the Congress had stalled the progress of what had been onsidered an almost done deal not too long ago. Meanwhile, the Congress failed to dislodge the hold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the economically-thriving state of Gujarat. Not unexpectedly, the controversial Narendra Modi led the BJP to another term in power in the assembly elections of December 2007, winning 117 seats and nearly 50 percent of the votes |
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