South Asian economic development / / Moazzem Hossain, Rajat Kathuria, and Iyanatul Islam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455069203321
• Autore: Hossain Moazzem <1950-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-19132-8; 1-135-19133-6; 1-282-59047-2; 9786612590474; 0-203-86334-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): IslamIyanatul <1953->; KathuriaRajat
• Disciplina: 338.954
• Soggetti: Economic development; Electronic books.; South Asia Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 South Asian economic development: Post-independence era; 2 Benchmarking South Asian economic performance; 3 Benchmarking South Asia's human development in the era of ICT; 4 Demographic dynamics of South Asia; Part II South Asian economic development; 5 Human resources and economic performance; 6 Labour market institutions and economic performance; 7 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the achievements to 2005; 8 Macroeconomic management in the era of the information revolution9 Economic reforms in South Asia; 10 Trade and economic integration; 11 Agriculture and rural development; 12 Climate change, growth and poverty; 13 Information technology (IT) issues; Part III South Asia in the twenty-first century; 14 India's growth on the back of the information revolution; 15 South Asia in the twenty-first century: Seeking 'good governance' in the era of the information revolution; ; Appendix 1.1 Books and book-length monographs on South Asia: a random sample covering the 1960-2009 period; Appendix 14.1 Data definitions and sourcesAppendix 14.2 Descriptive statistics; Appendix 14.3 The econometric model and detailed results; Appendix 14.4 State boundaries and mobile licences; Appendix 14.5 Operations by state; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: South Asia's developing nations have been enjoying moderate to high growth over the past decade before the global recession began. This new edition provides an up-to-date guide to the growing markets in South Asia. It offers an analysis of the changes and consequences of high sustainable growth, investigating what has been achieved in the region during the last ten years from a macroeconomic viewpoint, identifying new challenges and clearly defining what has driven the boom. The first part of the textbook presents an analysis of how South Asia is rated against Southeast and East Asia in