ISAS Working Papers
The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) is dedicated to the study of contemporary South Asia. ISAS aims to generate knowledge and insights about the region and to disseminate them in a manner that is useful to policymakers, the business community, academia and civil society. The ISAS Working Papers focus on economics, politics and social issues in South Asia and on economic relationships between South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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- Youth and Politics in India-I
- A Turbulent Pakistan: India’s Choices in Response
- Conflicts in South Asia: Causes, Consequences, Prospects
- India’s Security Cooperation with Myanmar: Prospect and Retrospect
- President Obama’s World in His Second Term
- Economic Inefficiencies in Farm-Market Linkages in Agriculture Value Chain in India: Problems and Solutions
- Northeast India-Southeast Asia Connectivity: Barrier to Bridge
- Transition in Afghanistan: Winning the War of Perceptions?
- Small States in UN System: Constraints, Concerns, and Contributions
- Obama Administration’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and India’s Role
- China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 3
- China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 2
- Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 3
- Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 2
- Which Way is Pakistan Heading? - 1
- China-South Asia Strategic Engagements - 1
- Iran’s Diplomacy Towards Afghanistan: A Stabilising Factor?
- India’s Electoral Laws, Political Corruption and the Supreme Court
- Whatever Happened To ‘Land Reform’?
- Economic Reforms in India: Perpetuating Policy Paralysis
- India’s Unilateral Tariff Withdrawal for South Asian Countries
- India as a Security Provider: Reconsidering the Raj Legacy
- Stabilising the Neighbourhood? India’s Flip Flop Approach to Maldives Crisis
- From Isolation to Partnership: The Evolution of India’s Military Diplomacy
- Sino-Pakistan Strategic Entente: Implications for Regional Security
- Moving to Europe: Bangladeshi Migration to Italy
- Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Role of Interstate Cooperation
- Migration Between South and Southeast Asia: Overview of Trends and Issues
- America’s Asia Policy
- India's Engagement with Afghanistan: Developing a 'Durable Policy Architecture'
- 'Inclusive Growth': How is India Doing?
- Pakistan and Patrons: The United States, PR China and Saudi Arabia
- Does Labour Migration Bring about Economic Advantage?
- An Approach to Forecasting Market Demand in India
- Manmohan in Bangladesh: The Visit Revisited
- Recruitment of Labour Migrants for the Gulf States
- How Well Has South Asia Coped With the Global Financial Crisis
- An Outsider’s View of Some Issues in Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
- India’s Engagement with ASEAN
- Inflation in India
- South Asia: Policy Responses to the Global Crisis
- Shaping the Coordinates of India's Trade Policy Architecture
- The Future of Financial Liberalisation in South Asia
- India, Afghanistan and the 'End Game'?
- 'Same but Different?': Comparing the ASEAN and SAARC Frameworks
- Pakistan After the Floods
- India’s ‘Look East’ Policy
- China's Play in South Asia
- Women Empowerment in Bangladesh
- WTO and RTAs
- Mission, Money and Machinery
- Structure and Agency in the Making of Indian Foreign Policy
- The Threat of the Geeky Goonda: India’s Electronic Voting Machines
- India and China: Emerging Dynamics and Regional Security Perspectives
- From 'Asia' to 'Asia-Pacific'
- The 18th Amendment: Pakistan’s Constitution Redesigned
- The Maoist Insurgency of Nepal
- South Asia's Economic Future With or Without Economic Integration
- The Naxalite/Maoist Movement in India
- The Global Governance Group (‘3G’) and Singaporean Leadership
- Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 2
- Asia in the 'Catch-Up' Game: Part 1
- Bangladesh-China
- India’s International Reserves
- Vocational Education and India's Skills Deficit
- Vocational Education and India’s Skills Deficit
- President Barack Obama in Asia: Searching the Basis for a Partnership
- Establishing Foreign Technical Training Facilities in India
- India and its South Asian Neighbours
- Buddhism and the Legitimation of Power
- The Talibanisation of Pakistan's Western Regionn
- Civil Aviation in India
- Bangladesh-India Relations: Some Recent Trends
- India-China Trade
- Non-Proliferation versus Disarmament
- Economic Integration in Asia
- Investment and Economic Opportunities: Urbanisation, Infrastructure and Governance in North and South India
- The Next Stage of Singapore-India Relations
- The Pakistan Military
- Skills Development in India
- America's Involvement in Afghanistan
- Reforming India’s Education Sector
- The Integration and "Re-Centering" of Asia
- An Economic Analysis of Bangladesh’s Foreign Exchange Reserves
- Beating the Recession
- South Asia's Public Policy Choices in a Fluid World
- Special Economic Zones in India
- Is India an East Asian Power?
- International Aid, Peace-Building and Conflict
- The South Asian Way: A Non-Conventional Approach to the Making of Economic Policies
- The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission
- Strategic Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for India
- Financial Sector De-regulation in Emerging Asia
- A Method in the Dragon's Moods
- Rescuing the Doha Development Round
- The Making of Indian Foreign Policy
- From National Security State to Human Security
- Maritime Power
- The 2009 General Elections in India
- Monetary and Financial Cooperation in Asia
- The Urdu Press in India and Pakistan
- Can Indian Think Tanks and Research Institutions Cope with the Rising Demand for Foreign and Security Policy Research?
- Outward Foreign Direct Investment from India
- Installing UPA-II: Balancing Interests and Affiliations
- Globalisation and South Asian Insurgencies
- The Roots of Bangladeshi National Identity
- Reshaping of the Global Economy: The Dawn of the Asian Century
- South Asia: Overcoming the Past, Meeting the Challenges of the Present and Availing the Opportunities of the Future
- India's Economic Engagement with Southeast Asia
- The Tibetan 'Uprising' 2008: India's Response
- The New Democratic Wave and Regional Cooperation in South Asia
- India and Pakistan - The Economic Stand-Off
- Prospect for Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations
- State Building and Stabilisation in Afghanistan
- Singapore's Trade with China, Japan and India: Similarities and Contrasts
- India and the World
- Impact of Trade Liberalisation on the Efficiency of Textile Firms in India
- Mineral Fuel and Oil Trade Between India and Singapore
- Coalition Politics in India: Types, Duration, Theory and Comparison
- Coalition Politics in India
- The Political Economy of the Middle Class in Liberalising India
- Understanding India's Regional Initiatives within Asia
- Justice Delivery in India - A Snapshot of Problems and Reforms
- India-Singapore Trade Relations
- India's Attempts at Regional Integration with South Asia and East Asia
- Financing Rural Renewable Energy: A Comparison between China and India
- Trade, Restructuring and Labour: A Study of the Textile and Apparel Industry in India
- Levels and Composition of Public Social and Economic Expenditure in India, 1950-51 to 2005-06
- From Condemnation to Strategic Partnership: Japan's Changing View of India (1998-2007)
- Commodity Boom and Inflation Challenges for Bangladesh
- The Challenges of Institutionalising Democracy in Bangladesh
- Do Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Benefit the Major Sectors in India?
- The Geopolitics of Energy Security and Implications for South and Southeast Asia
- South Asia - Social Development: Country Perspectives and Regional Concerns
- India's Rise in the New Economy: Implications for Labour
- The Skilled South Asian Diaspora and its Role in Source Economies
- Flight to Freedom: Third Country Re-settlement Option for Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
- India in the Global Labour Market
- The Political Economy of Military Rule in Pakistan: The Musharraf Regime
- Special Economic Zones in India: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
- India-Myanmar Relations - Geopolitics and Energy in Light of the New Balance of Power in Asia
- Nepal's Shaky Peace Process: One Year On
- Dynamics of Integration in India's Policy Making: An Analysis of the Urban and Energy Sectors
- Political Economy of Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Gas Pipeline
- India's Foreign Policy Priorities in the Coming Decade
- Capital Account Convertibility in India: Revisiting the Debate
- Public Investment Reversals, Inequality and Borrowing: Fiscal Policy in India
- Growth and Employment in India: The Regional Dimension
- Price Controls on Pharmaceutical Products in India
- Conceptualising the Typologies of Indian Diaspora in International Economic Relations - 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', or a 'Great Off-White Hope' of the New Century?
- Knowledge Economies in India, China and Singapore - Issues and Prospects
- Infrastructure Strategies für Export Oriented Manufacturing and Service Zones in India
- Food & Retail Chains: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh and Punjab
- Food and Retail Chains in India
- Destination India for the Pharmaceutical Industry
- East Asia Summit and India
- Investing in the Indian Special Economic Zones: A Background Paper
- Appraising the Legacy of Bandung: A View from India
- Promoting Foreign Investment in India's Telecommunications Sector
- CECA Implementation: A First Look
- Cost Efficiency of Public and Private Hospitals: Evidence from Karnataka State in India
- Regulatory Evolution in Indian Telecommunications
- Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Indian Economy: A Sectoral Level Analysis
- Economic Transition in a Plural Polity: India
- Labour in the New Economy: An Indian Perspective
- Leading the Private Sector into the Indian Health Sector
- Understanding Growth Opportunities in Indian States
- Singapore - India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement


