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

Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia

R. Jha

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.

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Overview of the Volume; R.Jha PART I: RECENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH ASIA Recent Developments in the Bangladesh Economy; M.Alauddin The Political Economy of Recent Economic Growth in India; R.Jha Economic Reforms in Nepal: Performance and Prospects; P.J.Thapa & S.K.Shrestha Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Implications for Poverty and Employment in Pakistan; T.Anwar Liberalisation and Industrial Growth: Lessons from Sri Lanka; P-C.Athukorala & S.Jayasurya PART II: EMERGING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN INDIA Climate Change Policy for India; W.McKibbin The Millennium Development Goals for India - How Attainable?; A.Deolalikar Expenditure Implications of India's State-Level Fiscal Crisis; S.Howes, R.Murgai & M.Wes PART III: TRADE, INDUSTRIAL & FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM IN SOUTH ASIA Financial Sector Reforms in India: A Stocktake; M.Sathye Major Indian ICT Firms and Their Approaches Towards Achieving Quality; D.Dutta & A.Sekhar Privatization and Public Enterprise Reform: A Suggestive Action Plan; S.Kaur RTAs and South Asia: Options in the Wake of Cancun Fiasco; P.Mehta & P.Kumar PART IV: FOREIGN PERCEPTION OF & FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SOUTH ASIA Governance Issues in India and Australian Business; D.Gupta & S.B.Dahiya Recent Trends in FDI Flows and Prospects for India; R.Jha Foreign Investment in Nepal; P-C.Athukorala & K.Sharma PART V: POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN SOUTH ASIA Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth: India, 1957 to 1997; P.Warr Growth, Inequality and Structural Adjustment: An Empirical Interpretation of the S-Curve for the Indian Economy; N.Sinha Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy for South Asia; G.Thapa

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MOHAMMED ALAUDDIN School of Economics, University of Queensland, AustraliaTALET ANWAR Joint Director, Research Department, State Bank of Pakistan, PakistanPREMA-CHANDRA ATHUKORALA Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University (ANU), AustraliaSRI BHAGWAN DAHIYA Maharshi Dayanand University, IndiaANIL DEOLALIKAR Department of Economics, University of California at Riverside, USADILIP DUTTA School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney, AustraliaDESH GUPTA Faculty of Management, University of Canberra, AustraliaSTEPHEN HOWES Senior Economist, World Bank, IndiaSISIRA JAYASURYA Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, AustraliaSIMRIT KAUR Reader, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, IndiaPRANAV KUMAR Policy Analyst, CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, IndiaWARWICK J. MCKIBBEN Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, Australia; The Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia and The Brookings Institution, USAPRADEEP S. MEHTA Secretary General of CUTS-International, IndiaRINKU MURGAI Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, IndiaMILIND SATHYE School of Business, University of Canberra, AustraliaANNA SEKHAR School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney, AustraliaKISHOR SHARMA School of Management, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaNARAIN SINHAUniversity of Jaipur, IndiaGANESH THAPA Regional Economist, Asia and Pacific Division, IFAD, ItalyPETER WARR Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, AustraliaSHYAMAL KRISHNA SHRESTHA Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Kathmandu, NepalPREM JUNG THAPA Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, AustraliaMARINA WES Foreign Investment Consultant, World Bank, Delhi, India