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The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) is a 2004 agreement that created a free-trade area of 1.6 billion people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with the vision of increasing economic cooperation and integration. [1]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, [3] which is headquartered in 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila 1550, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field offices around the world [ 4 ] to promote social and economic development in Asia.
Pakistan: Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP) Papua New Guinea: National Development Bank of Papua New Guinea (NDB) Philippines: Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) Qatar: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) Sri Lanka: National Development Bank (NDB) Maldives: Development Bank of Maldives (DBM)
The economy of Asia comprises about 4.7 billion people (60% of the world population) living in 50 different nations. [1] [2] Asia is the fastest growing economic region, as well as the largest continental economy by both GDP Nominal and PPP in the world. [11]
In May 2009, India reported an economic growth rate of 5.8%, beating most forecasts. [43] In second quarter of 2009 the Indian economy grew by 7.9% and gave indications that the Indian economy would scale a growth rate of 7% or above in 2009 and 8-9% in 2010. In the 3rd Quarter of 2010, the economy had bounced back with a growth rate of 8.8%.
By 2024, Sri Lanka re-entered the path of economic growth, with a renewed focus on sustainable development. [149] Sri Lanka has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving extreme poverty and is on track to meet most of the other MDGs, outperforming other South Asian countries. Sri Lanka's poverty headcount index was 4.1% by 2016.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [41] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [42]