The South and South West Asia (SSWA) region that suffered growth slowdown in 2008-2009 needs appropriate strategies, both internal and external, to effectively cope with the fresh threat to the recovery, said Bangladesh Bank governor.

Dr Atiur Rahman was addressing a high-level sub-regional policy dialogue on ‘Development Challenges Facing by the South and South West Asia’ at Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi on Thursday, according to a message received here on Thursday.

He stressed the need for fresh negotiations on intraregional preferential trade and tariff arrangements among the SSWA countries and said massive investment needs for addressing the crippling deficiencies in physical infrastructure for all countries in the region.

Source: The Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ 16th Dec 2011