New Institutional Economics and economic development -- Nations, conceptual framework and method -- Ethnicity and development -- Independence, ethnicity and development: case studies -- Forging national cohesion in constructed nations -- Summary and conclusion.

Section 1: Macro Context Developmentalism and neo-liberalism 1. South Asia Overview 2. India⁰́₉s Economic Success Section 2: Meso Context Poverty alleviation: State and Civil Society Partnerships 3. Participatory Development in Pakistan4. Human Development in Sri Lanka 5. Employment...