South Asian Economic Development

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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;

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