Socio-economic development in South Asia: The past 50 years

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The story of South Asia is a topsy-turvy one. Soon after independence from British rule, the region seemed to have a much better prospect than many other parts of the Third World; the prospects soon dimmed, however, as South Asia crawled while East and Southeast Asia galloped away. But a large part of the region seems finally to have turned a corner and is looking forward to a much better future - in terms of both growth and human development - than was deemed possible at the time Asian Drama was written. This paper describes and explains this story in terms of the economic strategies and political economy of the region and also looks ahead to identify the major challenges that remain - focusing on Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-547-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2018/105

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East ; General Welfare; Well-Being
• Subject: South Asia ; growth ; poverty ; inequality ; human development

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2018/547-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/190153
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET