Reshaping Norms : A New Way Forward

South Asia’s growth rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, the uneven recovery from the pandemic has left countries in South Asia with multiple policy challenges, which are exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. While several countries are navigating rising inflation and growin...

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Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:	GENDER INEQUALITY INFLATION MONETARY POLICY COMMODITY PRICES GREEN TAXES HUMAN BEHAVIOR WOMEN'S FORCED LABOR PARTICIPATION
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099422104142275832/idu0f5c8a4820809604a740ae0c09522c6cda74d http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37121

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spelling	okr-10986-371212022-07-08T15:48:42Z Reshaping Norms : A New Way Forward World Bank GENDER INEQUALITY INFLATION MONETARY POLICY COMMODITY PRICES GREEN TAXES HUMAN BEHAVIOR WOMEN'S FORCED LABOR PARTICIPATION South Asia’s growth rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, the uneven recovery from the pandemic has left countries in South Asia with multiple policy challenges, which are exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. While several countries are navigating rising inflation and growing difficulties to finance fiscal deficits and trade deficits, the region must also chart a new way forward to address rising inequality, unleash new growth potential, and accommodate an energy transition. To reshape their economies, the region cannot avoid redesigning tax systems, increasing competition, and challenging vested interests and existing gender norms. This issue of the South Asia Economic Focus, describes recent economic developments, analyzes the economic impact on South Asia of the war in Ukraine, presents growth forecasts, provides risk scenarios, and concludes that reshaping economies goes hand in hand with reshaping norms. 2022-03-10T20:36:24Z 2022-03-10T20:36:24Z 2022-04-13 Serial https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099422104142275832/idu0f5c8a4820809604a740ae0c09522c6cda74d 978-1-4648-1857-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37121 South Asia Economic Focus, Spring 2022 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia
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description	South Asia’s growth rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, the uneven recovery from the pandemic has left countries in South Asia with multiple policy challenges, which are exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine. While several countries are navigating rising inflation and growing difficulties to finance fiscal deficits and trade deficits, the region must also chart a new way forward to address rising inequality, unleash new growth potential, and accommodate an energy transition. To reshape their economies, the region cannot avoid redesigning tax systems, increasing competition, and challenging vested interests and existing gender norms. This issue of the South Asia Economic Focus, describes recent economic developments, analyzes the economic impact on South Asia of the war in Ukraine, presents growth forecasts, provides risk scenarios, and concludes that reshaping economies goes hand in hand with reshaping norms.
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title	Reshaping Norms : A New Way Forward
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Reshaping Norms : A New Way Forward

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