Human Well Being And Policy In South Asia

Author : Vijay Kumar Shrotryia
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030332709

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Human Well-Being and Policy in South Asia by Vijay Kumar Shrotryia Pdf

This book explores human well-being in South Asia from a policy dimension. It discusses the cultural history and diversity of the region in order to highlight major priority areas of public policy to improve people’s quality of life. The huge gap between economic development and human development, in areas such as education, health and income, is a concern for policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders. The book helps develop a strong argument for a shift of focus of state’s expenditures aimed at improving human well-being, and assesses public policy initiatives from the perspectives of the stakeholders such as the state, the market, households, civil society as well as NGOs and agencies involved in this development mission. As such it is of great interest to scholars in the field of quality-of-life and well-being research and policymakers at national and international level.

Author : Nitya Mohan Khemka,Suraj Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351035248

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Social Development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia by Nitya Mohan Khemka,Suraj Kumar Pdf

This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/well-being and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in the world, with an aggregate GDP in excess of two trillion US dollars, but at the same time it has significant deficits in human development, with 37 per cent of the world's poor and nearly half of the world's malnourished children. For South Asia, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a constructive opportunity to end many of the region's deprivations in a time-bound and systematic manner. Starting with the legacy of the Millennium Development Goals, the book goes on to provide a country-by-country overview of strategies for addressing the problems of poverty, health, water and sanitation. South-South Cooperation and in particular the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are discussed and, finally, the editors present a summary of policy priorities for social development. This book aims to be a useful resource for researchers, policy influencers, planners, implementers, students, and activists aiming to push to achieve the SDGs.

Author : Gabriele Koehler,Deepta Chopra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136731051

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Development and Welfare Policy in South Asia by Gabriele Koehler,Deepta Chopra Pdf

This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of ‘developmental welfare state’ that can be observed across South Asia. The focus is on social policies or policies designed to address poverty and deliver welfare at the level of programming and design, i.e. the stated intent of these policies. The book also presents an analysis of the fiscal space available in each of the six countries, thereby drawing conclusions about the financial feasibility of a ‘developmental welfare state’ model in the region. This comprehensive book uniquely explores critical aspects of policy debates on a possible move from welfare to ‘rights’. It introduces students and researchers in development studies, social policy and South Asian studies to innovative welfare programmes in South Asia and gives a new perspective on the nature and patterns of welfare in South Asia with the view of tackling inequality and promoting well-being.

Author : Abdo Yazbeck,David H. Peters
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0821355317

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Health Policy Research in South Asia by Abdo Yazbeck,David H. Peters Pdf

South Asia is a region of contrasts, with impressive technological achievements but also more than 40 percent of the world's poor. These contrasts are evident in the health sector, which demonstrates large variations in health, nutrition, and fertility outcomes.'Health Policy Research in South Asia' showcases some of the innovative qualitative and quantitative research methodologies being used in South Asia to provide empirical guidance for health sector reform and policy development. The four research areas presented are analysis of inequality, expenditure analysis, private sector analysis, and consumer and provider perspectives.Salient themes emerge from the 12 health policy research activities reviewed and emphasize the importance of strengthening local capacity and building ownership: • Governments can and should distribute subsidies in the health sector more efficiently and effectively. • The private sector, which dominates service delivery in most of South Asia, requires a different set of public sector policy instruments. • Informed consumers/citizens can and should play an important role in influencing health service delivery. • Empirical research can and should provide policymakers with some of the tools needed to improve and monitor the performance of the sector. This book will be of interest to health sector policymakers and analysts, to academics and students in public health and health economics, and to anyone with an interest in the impact ofhealth policy on development.

Author : Sanghmitra S. Acharya,Stephen Christopher
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811669170

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Caste, COVID-19, and Inequalities of Care by Sanghmitra S. Acharya,Stephen Christopher Pdf

This book explores how social discrimination in South Asia contributes to health disparities and impedes well-being. Specifically, it addresses how marginalization shapes health outcomes, both under normal circumstances and specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming from diverse backgrounds and representing different academic disciplines, the authors have contributed a range of chapters drawing from quantitative and ethnographic material across South Asia. Chapters address reservation politics, tribal lifeways, Dalit exclusions from governmental institutions, Muslim ghettoization, gendered domestic violence, social determinants of health among migrant workers, and the pandemic fallout across South Asian society, among other subjects. Scholars draw on decades of experience and firsthand ethnographic fieldwork among affected communities. The chapters provide an innovative analysis, often in real time, of the human toll of casteism, classism, patriarchy, and religious intolerance—many set against the spectre of COVID-19. Many authors not only present social critiques but also offer specific policy recommendations. The book is of great interest to social scientists, public health practitioners, and policy advocates interested in addressing systemic inequalities and ensuring that future pandemics are not disproportionately felt by the most vulnerable.

Author : Jitendra Kumar Trivedi,Adarsh Tripathi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401790178

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Mental Health in South Asia: Ethics, Resources, Programs and Legislation by Jitendra Kumar Trivedi,Adarsh Tripathi Pdf

Asia is by far the largest continent in the world in terms of area with population exceeding 3.5 billion and has dozens of cultures, religions, languages and ethnic groups. As a result of its highly varied political systems, Asia also spawns a wide variety of health care systems including mental health care systems, often based on historical roots and at times colonial heritages. The people who suffer from mental or neurological disorders in the continent form a vulnerable section of society and often face stigma, discrimination and marginalization in all societies, and this increases the likelihood that their human rights will be violated This book tackles the issue of mental health legislation in South Asia. The first of its kind, it addresses an issue that is necessary for protecting the rights of people with mental disorders and serves as an essential text for reinforcing mental health policy in South Asia. It is a timely addition to our global understanding of mental health and how different regions address it.

Author : Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 883 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811523939

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Building Sustainable Communities by Md. Nurul Momen,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng Li,M. Basavaraj Pdf

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe its relationship to social service programmes and individual well-being; understands the social policy development from the problem identification to policy implementation; describes the range of organization of social service agencies that are responsible for providing social welfare programmes; explores the various roles that professional and non- professional helpers provide in the delivery of social welfare and their influence in promoting change in policy development; and understands the umbrella concept of Child welfare, welfare of people with disability and elderly welfare in welfare policy.

Author : Adluri Subramanyam Raju
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000651560

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Human Security in South Asia by Adluri Subramanyam Raju Pdf

This book delves into the theory and praxis of human security in South Asia. Home to almost a quarter of the world’s population and fast emerging markets, South Asia holds social, geopolitical and economic significance in the current global context. The chapters in the volume: examine the challenges to human security through an exploration of environmental issues including water availability, electric waste, environmental governance and climate change; explore key themes such as development, displacement and migration, the role of civil society, sustainable development and poverty; and discuss developmental issues in South Asia and provide a holistic picture of non-military security issues. Bringing together scholars from varied disciplines, this comprehensive volume will be useful for researchers, teachers and students of international relations, human rights, political science, development studies, human geography and demography, defense and strategic studies, migration and diaspora studies, and South Asian studies.

Author : Crispin Bates,Akio Tanabe,Minoru Mio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317439158

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Human and International Security in India by Crispin Bates,Akio Tanabe,Minoru Mio Pdf

With its common colonial experience, an overarching cultural unity despite apparent diversities, and issues of nation-building cutting across national frontiers, South Asia offers a critical site on which to develop a discourse on regional security that centres on the notion of human security. This book analyses the progress that has been achieved since independence in multiple intersecting areas of human security development in India, the largest nation in South Asia, as well as considering the paradigms that might be brought to bear in future consideration and pursuance of these objectives. Providing original insights, the book analyses the idea of security based on specific human concerns cutting across state frontiers, such as socio-economic development, human rights, gender equity, environmental degradation, terrorism, democracy, and governance. It also discusses the realisation that human security and international security are inextricably inter-linked. The book gives an overview of Indian foreign policy, with particular focus on its relationship with China. It also looks at public health care in India, and issues of microfinance and gender. Democracy and violence in the country is discussed in-depth, as well as Muslim identity and community. Human and International Security in India will be of particular interest to researchers of contemporary South Asian History, South Asian Politics, Sociology and Development Studies.

Author : Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015062473213

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Human Development in South Asia 2004 by Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre Pdf

Mahbub ul Haq's Human Development Centre's 2004 Report on the challenge of health underlies the imperative of focusing on a human-centred economic growth policy in South Asia that is based on improved health and education.

Author : DELWAR. ISLAM HOSSAIN (SHARIFUL.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390095085

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COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND ASPECTS OF HUMAN SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA by DELWAR. ISLAM HOSSAIN (SHARIFUL.) Pdf

Author : NISHA. BELLINGER
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 103272529X

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Decentralization and Health Policy in South Asia by NISHA. BELLINGER Pdf

This ambitious and insightful book provides a unique regional perspective on health policy across South Asia, focussing on how the decentralization of policy and governance leads to differing health outcomes across countries in the region. The book will interest students and scholars of South Asia politics, Global Health and health policy.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292610395

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Human Capital Development in South Asia by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Human capital is an important factor for economic growth in South Asia. Between 1981 and 2010, human capital contributed about 22% of annual gross domestic product per worker growth in India. During the same period, it contributed around 21% in Bangladesh, and 16% in Sri Lanka. However, education and skills remain the binding constraint. Raising the quality of education and skills in South Asia's workforce can play a critical role in catching up to the level of development of the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and other successful Southeast Asian economies. This study reviews the development of human capital in South Asia and analyzes contributing factors to human development including policies and strategies that countries in South Asia follow.

Author : Imrana Qadeer,Kasturi Sen,K R Nayar
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015053137892

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Public Health and the Poverty of Reforms by Imrana Qadeer,Kasturi Sen,K R Nayar Pdf

This volume examines the myriad factors responsible for the poor state of the health sector in South Asia. It blends theoretical critiques of health sector reforms with micro and macro data to offer insights into issues of public health.

Author : Richard J. Estes,M. Joseph Sirgy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319391014

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The Pursuit of Human Well-Being by Richard J. Estes,M. Joseph Sirgy Pdf

This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved. Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as the differences in those regions. The broad questions that the handbook addresses include: What does well-being mean? How do different philosophical and religious traditions interpret the concept of well-being within their own context? Has well-being remained the same over different historical epochs and for different regions and subregions of the world? In which areas of human development have we been most successful in advancing individual and collective well-being? In which sectors has the attainment of well-being proven most difficult? How does well-being differ within and between different populations groups that, for a variety of socially created reasons, have been the most disadvantaged (e.g., children, the aged, women, the poor, racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities)?