"The book explores the proactive and reactive features of China and India's domestic and foreign policies to address two intertwined challenges: first, China and India have taken policy measures that accord with their own domestic priorities; second, both countries have had to alter the...

1 Introduction -- 2 Before NGOs: Women's Organizations in Colonial India -- 3 Politics of Women's Empowerment and Non-Governmental Organizations -- 4 NGO Activism and Women's Empowerment in India -- 5 Women’s Participation in Rural Local Governance of Bangladesh: Progress and Challenges -- 6...

The adoption of financial technology (fintech) has the potential to make banking and financial services more accessible and convenient for all, but there are significant barriers preventing the adoption of fintech by street vendors and hawkers in India. This study aims to identify and analyse...