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conditions and deficiencies in delivery systems, several health indicators (such as matemal mortality, child malnutrition) are among lowest in South Asia. There are

Labor regulations, therefore, need to b e simplified, revised and aligned with current market realities, such as the existence of contract labor and the requirements

Because purdah practices and mobility restrictions on females are severe in parts o f Pakistan, moreover, early marriages are likely to confine females to the marriage

Candidates for disengagement by the federal government include: population planning, agriculture, local govemment, tourism development, transport and communications, delivery o f

The principal complications are a number o f specific duties on key commodities in Sri Lanka, and in Nepal a rather large number o f products subject to high Customs duties

An important feature o f tariff policies in South Asia i s that Palustan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal all use import taxes which have protective effects (also

Export controls and taxes continued to be applied to plantation crop exports, however, in contrast to continuing high protection o f import substitution

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