1999年8月15～17日 ,由云南省政府经济技术研究中心和省社会科学院联合举办的“中印缅孟地区经济合作与发展国际研讨会”在昆明举行。来自中国、印度、缅甸和孟加拉国四国的共130多位各界代表参加了会议。本次会议对四国地区经济的合作与发展起到了积极有效的推动作用。这里,我们选登两篇印度和孟加拉国学者的参会论文 ,供读者参考 From 15 to 17 August 1999, the “International Symposium on Economic Co-operation and Development between China, India, Burma and Bangladesh” jointly organized by the Yunnan Provincial Government Economic Technology Research Center and the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences was held in Kunming. More than 130 representatives from all walks of life from China, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh attended the meeting. The meeting played an active and effective role in promoting the economic cooperation and development in the four countries. Here, we selected two participating papers from Indian and Bangladeshi scholars for readers’ reference