Kelegama, Saman creator text xu| 2002 continuing ng p.2422-425. The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation was launched to affect a quicker process of liberalisation in countries disadvantaged in one way or other in the WTO regime, so that through open regional arrangements and agreements they could all gain quickly from the transforming trade and investment environment. An assessment of its five-year existance Indian Ocean Rim Economic and Political Weekly 180718