Manufacturing and Jobs in South Asia

Sachin Chaturvedi is Director General of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based autonomous think-tank. He was also a Global Justice Fellow at the MacMillan Center for International Affairs at Yale University. His work addresses issues related to development cooperation policies and South–South cooperation. He has also worked on trade and innovation linkages with a special focus on the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr. Chaturvedi has served as a Visiting Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and has also worked as a consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Bank, UN-ESCAP, UNESCO, OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, IUCN, and to the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology and the Ministry of Environment and Forests.  Sabyasachi Saha is an Assistant Professor at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. He specialises in innovation economics, technology transfer, industrial development and trade. He has published research articles in academic journals and edited volumes, and has presented his research at prominent international conferences. He previously worked as a senior member of research staff at the New Delhi based Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and has received the WIPO prize, a DAAD-funded fellowship, and a Government of India grant. He has also participated in numerous high-level policy/think-tank forums in India and abroad.

• Introduction.- PART A: Country Case Studies.- 1. India – Prof S K Mohanty and Dr Sabyasachi Saha.- 2. Nepal – Dr Dilli Raj Khanal.- 3. Bangladesh – Dr Khondakar Moazzem.- 4. Pakistan – Dr Abid Suleri.- 5. Sri Lanka – Dr Saman Kelegama and Mr Vishvanathan Subramaniam.- PART B: Related Issues of Importance in South Asia.- 6. Economic Growth and Employment Creation – Dr Ajit M Ghose.- 7. Regional Cooperation in Trade and Investment – Prof Deepak Nayyar.- 8. Demography, Skills and Employment Challenges – Prof Alakh N Sharma.- 9. Industrial Competitiveness and Sustainability: Role of S&T – Prof Lakhwinder Singh Gill.- Conclusion.