THIS BOOK contains an important set of papers covering subjects such as the impact of changing global trade policies on India; charting a free trade area in South Asia; India’s informal trade with Bangladesh and Nepal; India-Bangladesh bilateral trade; a plan to strengthen regional trade cooperation in South Asia with special reference to India and Pakistan; a comparative analysis of the Chinese and Indian experience of multinational and expatriate foreign direct investment; foreign direct investment and economic integration in the SAARC region and health policy challenges for India. All these papers are then placed within an overall perspective in an original paper by T. N. Srinivasan ‘Issues in Trade and Finance in South Asia’.