The South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development is an annual series of publication launched by the Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) New Delhi, India in 2005, with the primary objective of articulating debates on development impacts of trade through rigorous policy research and analysis. The Yearbook is envisaged as a comprehensive collection of research papers, which attempt to reflect the South Asian perspectives at the multilateral and regional trade negotiations and provides policy suggestions for the trade negotiators and policy makers of the region.

The South Asian region is becoming increasingly prominent as an economic power house on the world stage particularly as India's economic prowess expands at a breath-taking pace....The value of this yearbook is that it examines the challenges the region is facing in this process of growth, and provides policy makers, business and civil society groups an opportunity to pause and reflect on how the potential in the region can be shaped for the betterment of all... commendable that Centas's tackled these challenges from a development perspective in this yearbook.

The chapters and corresponding authors of South Asian Yearbook are as follows:

1 The Direction and Composition of South Asian Trade
   Kalbe Abbas

2 Trade Remedial Measures in South Asia
   Aradhana Aggarwal

3 Coping with SPS Challenges in South Asia
   Kasturi Das

4 Domestic Regulatory Frameworks and Physician Deficits: Some Interesting Evidence
   Raghav Narsalay
   Sumiti Yadava

5 Implementing TRIPS Agreement: Case Study of Bangladesh
   Masud Ali

6 Trade Facilitation: Priorities for South Asia
   Dushni Weerakone
   Jayanti Thennakoon

7 Aid for Trade Initiative in Multilateral Trade Negotiation: An Illustration with the Case of Bangladesh
   Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
   M Iqbal Ahmed

8 Challenges in Harnessing Gains from Trade: Fuel, Food and Inclusive Development
   Linu Mathew Philip
   Namarata Pathak
   Suhasini Sen

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