The third annual issue of Centad’s flagship publication, the South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development (2007), titled Harnessing Gains from Trade: Domestic Challenges and Beyond is an attempt to look beyond Doha negotiation and to understand the current problems in the trade process and its impact on poverty and other development concerns. The primary objective of the South Asian Yearbook, launched by Centad in 2005, is to articulate debates on the development impact of economic globalisation, principally in South Asia, through rigorous policy research and analysis.

Guided by an eminent panel of editors -- B S Chimni (Professor of International Law, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India), Mustafizur Rahman (Research Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Saman Kelegama (Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka), and Linu Mathew Philip (Research Officer, Centre for Trade and Development, India) -- this issue is a collection of research papers from eminent academicians and professionals from the region. The trade-related domestic and multilateral institutional constraints that limit the development process of South Asian countries (e.g., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka) is the primary point of discussion in this issue.

The chapters and corresponding authors of South Asian Year Book 2007-08 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 TRIPS and People’s Rights to Health: A Case Study of Pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh
   Masud Ali

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

7 Aid-for-Trade Initiative in Multilateral Trade Negotiation
   Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir
   M Iqbal Ahmed

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

Click here to read a summary of the chapters and the list of contributors.