In1997,theeconomicprospectforSouthAsiaisexpectedtoberatherpromising,butthepoliticallandscapewillbecloudedbyuncertaintiesandthesecu-ritysituationwillleavenoroomforcomplacency.1.Theregion’seconomywillprobablygrowatamoderaterateandthepro-cessofregionaleconomiccooperationmaybeaccelerated.InSouthAsiatoday,theneedtopromoteeconomicgrowthisacknowledged
