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mandated by the SAARC Secretariat, RIS organised the Fourth Meeting of the SAARC Network
of Researchers on Global Financial and Economic Issues on 22 March 2001. Shri K.C. Pant,
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission and Chairman, RIS inaugurated the meeting. Delegates
from the SAARC Secretariat and the member countries participated in the deliberations of
the meeting. As part of the activities of this Network, RIS also organised a one-day
seminar on "South Asia in the Global Economy" on 23rd March 2001, in which
presentations and discussion took place on themes like New Issues in WTO, WTO's Agreement
on Agriculture, TRIPs Gains from Regional/Bilateral Trade, Conceptual and Policy Issues in
Rules of Origin: Implications for SAPTA and SAFTA, Indo Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement,
Energy for Economic Development in South Asia, Issues in SAARC Finance, Issues concerning
accessin of Nepal and Bhutan to the WTO. Dr. Saman Kelegama of IPS, Sri Lanka, Dr. Upali
Wickramsinghe of the SAARC Secretariat and Dr. Nagesh Kumar of RIS participated in a Panel
Discussion on the theme of the seminar. |
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