Economic Reform Processes In South Asia

Author : Philippa Dee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136304941

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Economic Reform Processes in South Asia by Philippa Dee Pdf

While South Asia’s economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can improve its policy efficiency. The book develops ideas about how to overcome the political restraints to reform by drawing on recent theories of political economy and policy learning. It tests these ideas against authoritative case studies of actual reform initiatives in South Asia, which illustrate processes and institutional arrangements that have helped South Asian governments to sustain reform efforts, even in the absence of a strong political base. This offers valuable lessons for the global economy as it moves into a phase of rebalancing, with the structural adjustments that this will require. The book goes on to identify weaknesses that could be addressed by South Asian national governments and regional forums. It is an important contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and International Political Economy

Author : Pradumna B. Rana,Wai-Mun Chia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199091669

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Jumpstarting South Asia by Pradumna B. Rana,Wai-Mun Chia Pdf

Jumpstarting South Asia focuses on the slowing pace of economic growth and makes the case for a two-pronged strategy to jumpstart South Asian economies. South Asian countries should complete the economic reform process that they had begun in the 1980s and the early 1990s and implement the more microeconomic reforms, namely, the sectoral, and governance and institutional reforms to enhance competition and improve the operation of markets. They should also implement the second round of ‘Look East’ policies or LEP2 to link themselves to production networks in East Asia, their fastest-growing market, and develop production networks in manufacturing and services within their region. This book argues that the proposed strategy will lead to a win-win situation for all countries in South Asia and East Asia, and also reinvigorate economic integration within South Asia. The book identifies the remaining policy agenda for each South Asian country.

Author : C. P. Chandrasekhar,Jayati Ghosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Financial crises
ISBN : 9221118800

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The Indian Economic Reform Process and the Implications of the Southeast Asian Crisis by C. P. Chandrasekhar,Jayati Ghosh Pdf

Author : Moazzem Hossain,Iyanatul Islam,Reza Kibria
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415122872

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South Asian Economic Development by Moazzem Hossain,Iyanatul Islam,Reza Kibria Pdf

The notion that South Asian economies have tended to be less successful than those of East Asia is critically examined and the reasons why discussed. Countries covered include Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Key issues examined: * agriculture and rural development * labour market and human resource development * trade and industry policies * foreign investment and technological capabilities * foreign aid and economic development * financial development and economic performance * poverty, inequality and economic development * regional economic co-operation * 'green' development.

Author : R. Jha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230520318

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Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia by R. Jha Pdf

This volume brings together frontline research on the prospects for rapid economic development in South Asia by leading academics and public policy experts. It reviews recent macroeconomic performance in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and examines three emergent challenges for the Indian economy: devising a policy response to climate change, attaining the millennium development goals and restructuring state level finances. The book then analyzes financial sector reforms and development of information and communications technology (ICT) firms and privatization policy in India and the South Asian approach to free trade arrangements and multilateral trade. It studies issues related to foreign perceptions of South Asian development including governance and foreign direct investment flows into India and Nepal. Finally the book studies the impact of the structural composition of economic growth on poverty in India, the evolution of inequality in India and elements of a strategy for poverty reduction in South Asia.

Author : Moazzem Hossain,Rajat Kathuria,Iyanatul Islam
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415454728

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South Asian Economic Development by Moazzem Hossain,Rajat Kathuria,Iyanatul Islam Pdf

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 of the region and provide an outlook as to where these economies are heading in the future. Focusing on the region's economic performance and achievements in the economic development front, the textbook will be of great interest to students and researchers in development economics, business economics, development studies and Asian studies.

Author : Choudhury Rahul Nath,Nayak Dinkar
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811206580

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Trade And Investment In South Asia: An Analysis by Choudhury Rahul Nath,Nayak Dinkar Pdf

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows started gaining traction in South Asia from the late 20th century onwards, when nations from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) began moving away from highly controlled regimes and adopting liberal and open economic policies.In the context of surplus labour and capital scarcity faced by South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to varying degrees, the economic reform process has provided an opportunity to actively promote inward FDI flows, with the goal of providing the much-needed capital for the growth of this region. Several policy initiatives were undertaken to attract FDI and incentives were announced to fascinate investors, resulting in the inflow of FDI across the region.This book examines FDI inflows in SAARC nations in the light of regional policy changes in the 21st century. It investigates the relationship between trade and FDI in the region, and also provides insights into the ease of doing business in the SAARC region.

Author : Muinul Islam,Nitai Chandra Nag
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : South Asia
ISBN : 8131729451

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Economic Integration in South Asia by Muinul Islam,Nitai Chandra Nag Pdf

Economic Integration in South Asia: Issues and Pathways is one of the volumes of the series titled, Imagine a New South Asia, presented by ActionAid International Asia. This volume envisions a new South Asia, free from human deprivation and poverty, where countries will become successful, proud and inclusive societies. This book demonstrates how South Asian countries can learn from the best practices in the region as well as from their failures, and also by trying to emulate the successful strategies of introducing egalitarian education and health systems of East Asia, China and Southeast Asian countries. Rich in analysis and research, this volume seeks an alternative people-centred perspective, and takes into account all those voices that have so long been unheard in policy-making processes through reviews of case studies. Not only will the findings of this volume be useful in conducting campaigns for appropriate policy and mindset changes, but these will also, eventually, make the emergence of a highly integrated South Asia truly possible.

Author : Anjum Siddiqui
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765621533

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Economic Transition in Russia and the New States of Eurasia by Anjum Siddiqui Pdf

Examines the economies and geo-political developments of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan. This work focuses on three core areas of importance: trade and development in the post-WTO era of globalization; macroeconomic adjustment and economic growth; and more.

Author : Pradumna Bickram Rana,Wai Mun Chia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : East Asia
ISBN : 0199091013

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Jumpstarting South Asia by Pradumna Bickram Rana,Wai Mun Chia Pdf

Since the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century, the share of world GDP of the Indian subcontinent had started to decline. This trend reversed somewhat after the economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. More recently, however, economic growth in South Asia has softened yet once again for several reasons. This book focuses on the slowing pace of economic reforms and outlines a two-pronged strategy to jumpstart South Asian economies.

Author : Meghnad Desai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114402469

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Development and Nationhood by Meghnad Desai Pdf

This collection of Meghnad Desai's essays are a treatise on the political economy of South Asia in general and of India in particular, in the last thirty five years. They venture into political history and engage in issues of policy. All these articles are in response to the issues that have been in the forefront of study since the early 1960s.

Author : Anis Chowdhury,Wahiduddin Mahmud
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848441293

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Handbook on the South Asian Economies by Anis Chowdhury,Wahiduddin Mahmud Pdf

With its higher economic growth in recent years South Asia is becoming an increasingly important region in the global economy. This volume provides a very useful introduction to the economics of the region and will be of considerable interest to both students and researchers. John Weiss, University of Bradford, UK The editors and contributors are to be congratulated for this comprehensive and original survey of the enormously important and diverse South Asian economies. Hal Hill, Australian National University The Handbook on the South Asian Economies edited by Wahiduddin Mahmud and Anis Chowdhry is a collection of essays on political economy of development of all seven South Asian countries. It is also one of only a few books available in the market covering all economies of South Asia. Hence, it fills a gap in the literature on South Asian Development. One very important aspect of the book is a clear recognition by the editors that South Asia s development will have to be studied and analysed within the context of its socio-political institutions and hence not by relying solely on its economic policy regimes. I recommend this book to scholars of all disciplines. Kartik Roy, University of Queensland, Australia This Handbook on the South Asian Economies (a companion to the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies) is a comprehensive and unique collection of original studies on the economic and social development of countries in South Asia. The analytical narratives draw upon a wide range of extant literature in an easily accessible way, whilst highlighting the impact of socio-political factors on economic outcomes. The introductory chapter by the editors provides a comprehensive survey of the main features of South Asian economic development, especially in respect of the policy reforms since the late 1970s. The Handbook seeks to understand the varying degrees of achievements in economic transformation and social development in various parts of South Asia, and ponders whether these experiences indicate alternative pathways of socio-economic progress or provide a unique framework for a South Asian development model. The experiences of economic reforms across the South Asian countries, with their distinctive socio-economic settings and public cultures, may thus provide fresh perspectives on the emerging development paradigms. The Handbook is indeed based on the premise that development economics and South Asia have a lot to learn from each other. As with the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies, this latest Handbook will be an invaluable reference work for many years to come for researchers, academics and students of Asian studies and economics. Policymakers interested in learning more about the background and future opportunities and challenges posed by these economies will also find much to engage them.

Author : John Richards,Manzoor Ahmed,Md. Shahidul Islam
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Education and state
ISBN : 9781487522551

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The Political Economy of Education in South Asia by John Richards,Manzoor Ahmed,Md. Shahidul Islam Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible treatment of recent academic and policy studies of basic education in South Asia.

Author : Philippa Dee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136304934

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Economic Reform Processes in South Asia by Philippa Dee Pdf

While South Asia’s economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can improve its policy efficiency. The book develops ideas about how to overcome the political restraints to reform by drawing on recent theories of political economy and policy learning. It tests these ideas against authoritative case studies of actual reform initiatives in South Asia, which illustrate processes and institutional arrangements that have helped South Asian governments to sustain reform efforts, even in the absence of a strong political base. This offers valuable lessons for the global economy as it moves into a phase of rebalancing, with the structural adjustments that this will require. The book goes on to identify weaknesses that could be addressed by South Asian national governments and regional forums. It is an important contribution to studies on South Asian Politics and International Political Economy

Author : Mr.Ranil M Salgado,Mr.Daisaku Kihara
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513518299

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Is South Asia Ready for Take Off? by Mr.Ranil M Salgado,Mr.Daisaku Kihara Pdf

Since the mid-1980s, durable reforms coupled with prudent macroeconomic management have brought steady progress to the South Asia region, making it one of the world’s fastest growing regions. Real GDP growth has steadily increased from an average of about 3 percent in the 1970s to 7 percent over the last decade. Although growth trajectories varied across countries, reforms supported strong per capita income growth in the region, lifting over 200 million people out of poverty in the last three decades. Today, South Asia accounts for one-fifth of the world’s population and, thanks to India’s increasing performance, contributes to over 15 percent of global growth. Looking ahead, the authors find that South Asia is poised to play an even bigger role in the global economy, in both relative and absolute terms. India has overtaken China as the fastest growing large economy and South Asia’s contribution to global growth is set to increase, while more mature economies decelerate. Greater economic diversification, with an expansion of the service sector, improvements in education, and a still sizable demographic dividend are among the key elements underpinning this performance. Based on demographic trends, more than 150 million people in the region are expected to enter the labor market by 2030. This young and large workforce can be South Asia’s strength, if supported by a successful high-quality and job-rich growth strategy. Amid a changing global economic landscape, the authors argue that South Asia will need to leverage on all sectors of the economy in a balanced way, supporting improvements in agricultural productivity and a sustainable expansion of manufacturing, while promoting higher-skill services, to achieve this goal.