Browsing by Author "Adhikari, Ratnakar"

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    Regionalism Debate: Repositioning SAFTA
    (2005) Kelegama, Saman; Adhikari, Ratnakar
    Critics have pointed out that there is no rationale for a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) in South Asia because there are limited complementarities in the region; major trading partners of the individual South Asian countries are located in the West etc. The latest World Bank report on the South Asia’s trade argues that an RTA in South Asia will lead to substantial trade diversion than trade creation and considers an RTA in the region as a stumbling bloc to multilateral trade liberalization. This argument needs re-examination and for this purpose it will be worthwhile first to revisit the theoretical debate on regionalism. This is done in the Section II followed by a discussion in Section III on the South Asian perspective of an RTA. Some concluding remarks are made in Section IV.
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    Repositioning SAFTA in the Regionalism Debate
    (M.E. Sharpe, 2007) Kelegama, Saman; Adhikari, Ratnakar
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    What type of competition policy and law should a developing country have?
    (2004-01) Adhikari, Ratnakar; Knight-John, Malathy
    This article addresses a crucial policy question-what sort of a competition law and policy should a developing country have? The underlying thesis that we embrace is that the development dimension is key. The article looks at the objectives of competition law and policy across countries, followed by a discussion of key competition policy concerns that have bearing on consumer welfare, economic efficiency and competitiveness of domestic enterprises. It also provides a brief sketch on the contours of competition policy and benchmark for the enactment and effective implementation of competition law from a developing country's perspective. The article also touches upon international competition policy issues to the extent they have a bearing on domestic competition concerns. The analysis that follows, shows that each developing country should have its sui generis competition policy and law -tailored to suit its country-specifie requirements, and that no one size fits all.