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Studies conducted under the First phase of SANEI

No. Subject Institute Country Name of the Researcher(s)
1. Macro-Economic Modelling of South Asian Economies with Intra-SARRC Trade Link The Institute for Integrated Development Studies Nepal Dr. Kishore K Gurugharana
2. Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Integration in the SAARC Region Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Dr. Saman Kelegama

Dr. Dushni Weerakoon

Dr. S K W Jayasuriya
3. Health Policy Challenges in India: Some Lessons from the International Experience Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations India Dr. Ashok Guha

Dr. Amit Shovan Ray
4. The Impact of Changing Global Trade Policies on India National Council of Applied Economic Research India Dr. Rajesh Chadha
5. Health Policy Challenges in India: Some Lessons from the International Experience National Council of Applied Economic Research India Dr. Ajay Mahal
6. India's Informal Trade with Bangladesh and Nepal: A Qualitative Experience Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations India Dr. Sanjib Pohit

Ms. Nisha Taneja
7. Bangladesh - India Bilateral Trade: An Investigation into Trade in Services University of Dhaka Bangladesh Dr. Mustafizur Rahman
8. Charting a Free Trade Area in South Asia: Instruments and Modalities Jawaharlal Nehru University India Dr. I N Mukherji
9. Savings, Investment and Growth in South Asia Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research India Dr. Pradeep Agarwal
10. A Plan to Strengthen Regional Trade Cooperation in South Asia Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Pakistan Dr. Musleh-Ud Din

Dr. Najam-us Saquib

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Studies conducted under the second phase of SANEI

No. Subject Collaborating Institutes Country Name of the Researcher(s)
1. Causes of Fertility Decline in India and Bangladesh Centre for Economic and Social Studies India Dr. S Mahendra Dev

Dr. K S James
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Bangladesh Dr. Binayak Sen
2. Economic Reforms and Power Sector in South Asia: Scope and Challenges for Cross Border Trade Institute for Integrated Development Studies Nepal Dr. Mohan Man Sainju
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation India Dr. M P Lama
Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad Bangladesh Dr. Q K Ahmad
3. Economics and Institutions for the Sustainable Use of Coastal Wetlands: A Study of India and Bangladesh Centre for Development Studies India Dr. V Santhakumar
Institute of Development, Environment and Strategic Studies
North South University
Bangladesh Dr. A K Enamul Haque
Kalyani University India Dr. Rabindra Bhattachrya
4. Economics of Pensions and Social Security in South Asia: Special Focus on India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Centre for Development Studies India Dr. S Irudaya Rajan
Marga Institute Sri Lanka Dr. Godrey Gunatilleke

Dr. Myrtle Perera
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Bangladesh Dr. Sharifa Begum
5. Exports and Economic Growth in South Asia Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Pakistan Dr. A R Kemal,
Musleh ud Din,
Usman Qadir
Marga Institute Sri Lanka Lloyd Fernando,
Sirimevan S. Colombage
6. Gender and Local Governance: A New Discourse in Development Centre for Women and Children Studies Bangladesh Dr. Ishrat Shamim
Centre for Social Research India Dr. Ranjana Kumari
7. Informal Trade in the SAARC Region Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) India Ms. Nisha Taneja
Nepal Council for Development Research Nepal Dr. B K Karmacharya
International Centre for Ethnic Studies Sri Lanka Dr. M. Sarvanathan


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Studies conducted under the third phase of SANEI

No. Subject Collaborating Institutes Country Name of the Researcher(s)
1. Trade Potentials of South Asian Economies Under The New Global Trade Regime: The Role of Some Non-price Factors(A Case Study of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, India India Ajitava Raychaudhuri,
Rajat Acharyya,
Sugata Marjit,
Debapriya Bhattacharya,
Mustafizur Rahman
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh
2. Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement: Assessing Potential and Impact on Bilateral Trade JNU,
New Delhi, India
India I N Mukherji,
Saman Kelegama
Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Tilani Jayawardhana
3. Valuation and Accounting of Urban Air pollution: A Study of Some Major Urban Airsheds in the Indian Subcontinent Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India India Prof. M. N. Murty,
Prof. S. C. Gulati,
Dr. R. N. Agarwal and
Prof. Pitambar Bahadur Chettri
Centre for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal


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Studies conducted under the fourth phase of SANEI

No. Subject Collaborating Institutes Country Name of the Researcher(s)
1. The Potential Role of the Clean Development Mechanism to Improve Energy Efficiency in South Asia Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai India B Sudhakara Reddy
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh M D Abdul Rashid Sarkar
Centre For Energy Studies, Tribhuvan University Nepal C B Joshi
2. Climate Change And Agriculture: Effects on India and Other Developing Countries National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi India Sanjib Pohit
3. Power Sector Reforms in India and Pakistan: Scope for Cross-Border Trade in Power School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India Mahendra P Lama
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics(PIDE) Islamabad Pakistan A R Kemal
4. Agricultural Liberalisation and Rural Transformation: Implications to Rural Poverty in India National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi India Hari K. Nagarajan,
5. Economics of Nature based Tourism in South Asia Centre for Development Studies, Kerala India V.Santhakumar
Institute of Development, Environment and Strategic Studies, North South University, Dhaka Bangladesh Enamul Haque
Kalyani University, W.Bengal India Rabindranath Bhattacharya
6. Trade Liberalisation and Bangladesh Agriculture: Impacts on Cropping Pattern, Resource Use Efficiency and Effective Incentives Centre for Policy Dialogue ( CPD), Dhaka Bangladesh Uttam Kumar Deb,
Ananya Raihan
7. Improving Nepal India Economic Relations: A Study of the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Transfer of Technology in Nepal Institute of Integrated Development Studies Nepal Madan Kumar Dahal,
Shankar Aryal
8. Monetary Cooperation in South Asia Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Shalini Kurukulasuriya, Dushni Weerakoon, Sisira Jayasuriya
Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRAD), Kathmandu Nepal Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Nephil M. Maskay
9. Social Security and Pension for the Elderly in Nepal Institute for Integrated Development Studies Nepal Heet Singh Shrestha, Vikas Raj Satyal
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Pakistan Naushin Mahmood, Zafar Mueen Nasir

 

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Projects Approved under the fifth phase of SANEI

No. Subject Institutes Country Name of the Principal Researcher(s)
1. Health Insurance for the Poor in India Indian Council for Research on International Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi India Dr. Rajeev Ahuja
2. Indo Sri Lanka Trade in Services: FTA II and Beyond Indian Council for Research on International Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi India Nisha Taneja,
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee
Institute for Policy Studies, Colombo Sri Lanka Dr. Sanath Jayanetti
3. Economic Consequences of Gulf Migration in South Asia: Case Study of Kerala, India and Sri Lanka Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram India Dr. K C Zachariah (Team Leader),
Dr. S Irudaya Rajan
Marga Institute, Colombo Sri Lanka Dr.Godfrey Gunatileke,
Dr. Myrtle Perera
4. Groundwater Markets in West Bengal, India: Emergence, Evolution and Market Structure Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta India Dr. Bhaswar Moitra
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Pranab Kumar Das
5. Agricultural Production, Access to Land and rural Poverty in Pakistan: A Quantitative Analysis Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad Pakistan Dr. Munir Ahmad,
Dr. G M Arif
6. Stock Market Liberalisations: The South Asian Experience Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad Pakistan Dr. Fazal Husain,
Dr. Abdul Qayyum
7. Policy Regimes and Economies of Scale in Indian Manufacturing Centre for Development Studies, Trivandram, Kerala India Dr. M Suresh Babu
8. Foreign Aid Utilisation at Grass-roots Level Institute for Integrated Development Studies(IIDS), Kathamandu Nepal Babu Ram Shrestha,
Heet Singh Shrestha,
Shiv Raj Bhatt
9. Trade off Between Public and Private Management of Water Services for the Urban Poor: A Case Study of Mumbai Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action (YUVA), Mumbai India Dr. Salil Mehta,
Raghav Narsalay,
Aruna Anand,
Devesh Rustagi
10. Can Markets Value Water Scarcity and Quality? An Analysis Using Hedonic Approach Madras School of Economics, Chennai India Dr. G S Haripriya,
Dr. Vinish Kathuria
11. Planning for Sustainable Forest Management: An Environment Integrated Social Accounting Matrix Approach National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi India Dr. Gopinath Pradhan
12. Economic Development and Reform in Nepal with Reference to Reform Process in India Institute of Policy Research and Development (IPRAD) Nepal Dr. Dilli Raj Khanal,
Dr. Pushpa Raj Rajkarnikar
Internal Inspection Department, Nepal Rastra Bank Dilli Ram Upreti,
Keshav Prasad Acharya

Projects Conducted under the sixth phase of SANEI

No. Subject DisciplineInstitutes Country Name of the Principal Researcher(s)
1. The Relationship Between Political Instability And Economic Growth In Nepal Public Administration/ EconomicsIIDS Nepal Bhaskar Koirala, Ram Prasad Gyanwaly , Shyamal Krishna Shrestha,     
2. The Role And Relevance Of Self Help Groups In Natural Resource Management: Case Studies From Karnataka And Tamilnadu Forestry/ Economics/ LawAshoka Trust For Research In Ecology and the Environment India Devaki Panini, Gladwin Joseph, S. S. Siwakumar
3. Sustainability Of Non –Profit Organizational Forms In The Era Of Globalisation. Health /Social SciencesIndian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur India N. Ravichandran , S.D Gupta, Udai Pareek, Barun Kanjilal, Nutan P. Jain
4. An Assessment Of Economic Drivers Of Land Use Change In Urban Ecosystems Of National Capital Region, Delhi EconomicsInstitute of Economic Growth India Pushpam Kumar
5. Instruments Of Local Financial Reform And Their Impact On Service Delivery: Institutional And Developmental Concerns Economics Institute for Human Development India Shipra Maitra
Centre for Urban Studies Bangladesh Amirul Islam Choudhary
6. Determinants Of The Performance Of Export Processing Zones In South Asia: Analysis Of India, Sri Lanka And Bangladesh EconomicsICRIER India Aradhna Aggarwal
7. Efficiency and Sustainability of Micro Finance Institutions in South Asia EconomicsPIDE Pakistan Abdul Qayyum, Munir Ahmad
8. E-Commerce And Economic Growth Development EconomicsFoundation for Public Economics and Policy Research India Mahesh C. Purohit, Kanwaljeet Singh, V. K. Purohit
9. Globalisation, Income Inequality And Regional Disparity: Analyzing The Indian Experience In The 1990s Economics Jadavpur University, Calcutta India Rajat Acharyya, Vivekanand Mukherjee
Centre for Studies in Social sciences, Calcutta Sugata Marjit, Saibal Kar
10. Developing Framework And Approaches To Carry Out Development Works In Conflict Areas Sociology / EconomicsIntermediate Technology Development Group Nepal Prem Bahadur Thapa, Parthibeshwor Timilsina, Anil Subedi, Govind Nepal
11. Implications Of Violence Against Women On The Development Process: A Cross Country Analysis For Defining Cause – Effect Relationships And Suggesting Institutional Safeguards Economics/ Sociology/ PsychologyInstitute for Planning, Innovative Research, Appropriate Training and Extension (INSPIRATION) India Chandrayee Das, Mandira Sen, Tapas Kumar Basu, Sohini Basu
12. Economies Of Resettling Low Income Settlements In Urban Areas: A Case Of Onsite Upgradation. Economics / Home scienceCentre for urban and Regional Excellence India Renu Khosla, Gangadhar Jha
13. Transportation Demand Mgmt In The Form Of Influencing Model Choice. Feasibility, Costs And Benefits: The Case Of Indian Megacity, Kolkata Engineering/ EconomicsDepartment of Humanities, Bengal Engineering college India Madhumati Datta, Mohit Ray, Sudeep K. Ray
14. Impact Of Fuel Scarcity And Pollution On Rural Poor: A Comparative Analysis Of Vulnerable Groups In Himachal Pradesh Economics/ EnergyIntegrated Research and Action for Development (IRADE) India Jyoti Parekh, Kirit S Parikh, Meenu Mishra
15. Effectiveness Of Decentralisation Of Educational Planning And Management In Pakistan EducationAcademy of Educational Planning and Management, Ministry of Education Pakistan P A Shami
Muhammad Aslam Bhatti

Projects Approved under the Seventh phase of SANEI

No. Subject Discipline Institutes Country Name of the Principal Researcher(s)
1. Cost of Urban Infrastructure: Evidence from Indian Cities. Economics National Institute of Public Finance and Policy India  Kala Setharam Sridhar
O.P.Mathur
2. The Post Tsunami Recovery for Sustainable Human Development Economics Marga Institute Sri Lanka Dr. Godfrey Gunatilleke
Dr. Shelton Wanasinghe
Prof. Sirimevan Colombage
Dr. Mahim Mendis
Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe
3. Role of Infrastructure in Productivity and Diversification of Agriculture Economics Tamilnadu Agricultural University India Dr. K. R. Ashok
Dr. R. Balasubramanian
4. Governance in the Provision of Public Goods in South Asia Economics Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) India Dr. Arvind Virmani
Dr. Sanghamitra Sahu
5. Insurgency and its Predictors: The Nepalese Experience Geography Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) Nepal Khim Kabi Sharma.
Bhim Prasad Subedi
6. Optimizing the Configuration of Public Hospital Infrastructure at the District Level in South Asian countries. Economics Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh Dr. Najmul Hossain
Data International (DI) Azizur Rahman
Nepal Health Economics Association (NHEA) Shiva Raj Adhikari
B. P. Sharma
Bhuban B. Bajracharya
Girish P. Pant
Dr. Badri Raj Pande
Dr. Ravindra P. Rannan Eliya
Aparnaa Somanathan
7. Effects of Low Level Corruptions on the Cost of Production of Agro-processing Enterprises in Nepal Multidisciplinary Centre for Economic Development & Administration (CEDA), Tribhuvan University Nepal Krishna Prasad PANT
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chitrakar
Sushil R. Pandey
 
8. Impacts of Participatory Extension Program on Productive Efficiency of Farmers Multidisciplinary Center for Rural Development and Self-help (CRDS) Nepal Mr. Ratna Kumar Jha
Mr. Laxmi Nath Gyawali
Mr. Adhrit Prasad Regmi
Mr. Abhaya Ghimire
9. Governance and Economics of Urban Water Transfer: A case study of Melamchi Intersectoral Water Transfer Project in Nepal. Economics Center for Policy Analysis and Development. Nepal Dr. Ghapagain ,Devendra Prasad , Dr. Janardan Khatri-Chhetri
International Water Management Institute Dr. Dhurba Pant

(ii) Completed Studies form SANEI- Ongoing
Research Round

Projects under the Eighth phase of SANEI

No. Subject Discipline Institutes Country Name of the Principal Researcher(s)
1. Foreign Direct Investment in Financial Services: Impact on Nepalese Economy. Economics Centre for Economic Development & Administration (CEDA) Nepal  Ramesh C.Chitrakar
KrishnaPant
2. Development of Financial Institutions in Nepal. Economics  Centre for Economic Development & Administration (CEDA) Nepal Bharat Prasad Devkota
Santosh Kumar Upadhyaya
Mahendra Raj Joshi
3. Financing the Higher Education in Nepal Economics Centre for Economic Development & Administration (CEDA) Nepal Dr. Durga Lal Shrestha
Mr. Tirtha Bahadur Manandhar
Krishna Man Pradhan
4. Financial Sector Reform and Public Ownership of Financial Institutions Economics Project Research & Management Associates Pvt. Ltd. Nepal Ram B Pant
Dileep K Adhikary
5. Financial Sector Reforms and International Trade Competitiveness: A Case Study of Pakistan. Economics Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Pakistan Fazal Husain
6. An Empirical Analysis of the Combined PPP and UIP: Evidence from South Asia. Economics Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Pakistan Kalbe Abbas
College of Business Management, Karachi Abdul Rashid
7. Financial Sector Reforms and the Efficiency of Banking in Pakistan Economics Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Pakistan Abdul Qayyum
8. Access to Higher Education in Sri Lanka. Multidisciplinary Marga Institute Sri Lanka Sterling Perera
Nimal Sandaratne 
N. Selvakumaran
Susirith Mendis
Myrtle Perera 

 

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Study Title
Researcher Country Principal Researcher
01
Centre for multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR)
India

V.B. Annigeri

vinodann@yahoo.com

vba.cmdr@gmail.com

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Institute for Human Development (IHD)

India

Resmi P. Bhaskaran

resmipb2008@gmail.com

03
Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE)
India

Renu Khosla

renukhosla@cureindia.org

04
Public Affairs Center (PAC)
India

Kala Seetharam Sridhar

kala_sridhar2002@yahoo.com

kalaseetharam@gmail.com

05

Enhancing Public Health Delivery System in India: Impact of Judicial Decisions towards Access to Universal Health Service

The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI)

India

M P Ram Mohan

mprmohan@teri.res.iin

mailbox@teri.res.iin

06

Macroeconomic Impact of International Migration: A Study Case of Sri Lanka

Open University of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

S. S. Colombage

marga@sltnet.lk , sscol@ou.ac.in

07

Gender dimensions of international migration from Bangladesh and India: Socio Economic impact on families left behind.

Center for Social Research (CSR)

India

Ranjana Kumari

ranjanakumari@csrindia.org

08

Recruiting procedures, type of emigration workers and impact on household welfare: A case study of migrant workers from Nepal to Malaysia and Gulf countries.

Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRAD)

Nepal

Dilli Raj khanal

khanaldr@yahoo.com

drkhanal@gmail.com

iprad@ntc.net.np

09

The challenge of sustainable well-being: development and climate change adaptation in vulnerable areas in Pakistan.

Forman Christian College (FCC)

Pakistan

Aneel Salman

aneelsalman@yahoo.com

salmaa@rpi.edu

10

Trade in Health Services in South Asia: An Examination of the Need for Regional Cooperation

International Management Institute (IMI)

India

Arindam Banik

arindambanik@imi.edu

11

Impact of migration of scientists and Engineers for job, on technologic and economic development. A comparative analysis of Maldives, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)

Pakistan.

Zainab Iftikhar

zainab.kkhan@gmail.com

12

Facilitating Access to Medicines in South Asia through Implementation of Compulsory Licensing of Patents on Essential Medicines

Center for Trade and Development (CenTAD)

India

Linu Mathew Philip

Mathew.philip@centad.org

13

Impact of remittances on the household of the emigrant and on the economy of the migrant's country: Sri Lanka

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

Sri Lanka

Nisha Arunatilake

nisha@ips.lk

14

Health Costs of Dung-Cake Fuel Use by the Poor in Rural Nepal

People's Agriculture Research and Development Center (PARC)

Nepal

Krishna Prasad Pant

kppant@yahoo.com parcnepal@gmail.com

15

Cost Effectiveness of Introducing Pneumococcus Vaccine in a Sri Lankan Community: Epidemiology and Economic Analysis

University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka

M.S.M. Kularatna

sanjeedil@yahoo.com

16

South Asian Export Potential in Traditional Health Services: A Case Study of Bhutan, India and Nepal

South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)

Nepal

 

Nephil Matangi Maskay

nephil_m_maskay@hotmail.com

 

17

Health and Livelihoods of Community and Traditional Medicinal Plants: SWOT of Two South Asian Nations – India and Sri Lanka

Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)

India

Lenin Babu Kamepalli

lenin@isec.ac.in

18

Health and environment related issues in stone crushing (a case study of pull no. 111 market)

Air University

Pakistan

Farooq Rasheed

farooqeco@yahoo.com

19

Remittances, Schooling And Economic Growth: Evidence From Pakistan

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)

Pakistan

Muhammad Salman Tariq

salmantariq@gmail.com

SANEI 11th Round RRC


Study Title

Researcher

Institute

01

Spatial dynamics of India’s growth and development process

Nilanjan Banik

Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), INDIA

02

Impact of Financial Crisis on Textile Industry of Pakistan: Evidence from Faisalabad

M Imran Alam

Development Research Institute of Pakistan (DRIP), PAKISTAN

03

The Employment Implications of current Financial Crisis: Challenges, threats and coping strategy in India

Partha Pratim Sahu

Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), INDIA

04

Exploring the Links between Inequality,
Polarization and Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Abid A Burki

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),  PAKISTAN

05

Social dimension of the Impact of Financial crisis: Case of Pakistan and Bangladesh

Zafar Mueen Nasir

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), PAKISTAN

06

Financial Crisis and Migrant Remittances: Effects on Growth and Poverty in Selected South Asian Countries

Naved Hamid

Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB),  PAKISTAN

07

Growth, Employment and Poverty in Current Financial Crisis in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Sadia M Malik

Centre for Research on Economic and Social Transformation (CREST), PAKISTAN

08

Effects of Foreign Employment on Property, Labour Supply and Agricultural growth in South Asia: A Case of Nepal, India and Bhutan

Krishna Prasad Pant

Economic Development and Policy Analysis Centre (EDPA), NEPAL

09

Impact of Current Financial Crisis on the Employment of Street Vendors in the Urban Center of Kathmandu Valley

Kamal Raj Dhungel

Broad Vision Research centre and Data Bank (BROVIS), NEPAL

10

A Study of Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Employment, Income and Poverty in Kerala

Jacob John

Kerala Development Society (KDS), INDIA

 

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