outcome of the Fourth South Asia Dialogue that took place an November 1994 among the various scholars who gathered in Kathmandu, this book presents the papers and findings of the deliberations that took place then. The issues covered were confidence building, secu- larism, democratization, elec- toral reform, decentralization of power, human rights, and endogenization of the economic policymaki…
Our main purpose is to encourage a focussed debate and discussion on such issues so that the peoples of South Asia as well as the policy community put them high on their agenda. That step by itself could provide hope for the Individual citizen in South Asia whose quality of life evokes a sense of despair in the region