Rapid changes have taken place in the structure of the global economy, and this book looks at how South Asia can take advantage of these changes. The author argues that the developing global economy will be more complex than originally thought, that instead of a bipolar model with two countries,...

1. Prologue -- 2. Challenges and opportunities -- 3. Reshaping the global economy : the dawn of the Asian century? -- 4. History's many burdens -- 5. South Asia may have turned the corner -- 6. The South Asian way : a non-conventional approach to the making of economic policies -- 7. A...