Rejuvenating SAARC: The strategic payoffs for India

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Sawhney, Aparna ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Indian Council for Research in International and Economic Relations

Author keywords

India; Regional cooperation; SAARC

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849098808     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1310     Document Type: Article

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