Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies

South Asia has performed well over the past 25 years in reducing poverty, improving human development and increasing growth, but faster progress with poverty reduction will require a higher rate of growth. This book shows that the development perfo...

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Main Author:	Ahmed, Sadiq
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ADULT LITERACY ADVANCED COUNTRIES ANNUAL GROWTH ASSETS AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BASIC EDUCATION CAPITAL MARKET CITIZENS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATE DEBT DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DISEASES DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXPORTS FEMALE LITERACY FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOREIGN AID FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FULL EMPLOYMENT FULL EMPLOYMENT OUTPUT GDP GENDER BALANCE GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GENDER INEQUALITY GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL POVERTY GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH ACCELERATION GROWTH COLLAPSE GROWTH DYNAMICS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH GROWTH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORT LIBERALIZATION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME EXPANSION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFLATION RATE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT RATE LDCS LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ECONOMY MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS MEDIUM TERM MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MONETARY POLICY NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE GROWTH POVERTY DATA POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS PRICE STABILITY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH REDUCING GENDER INEQUALITY REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL GROUPINGS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAVING RATE SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS SOCIAL CONFLICTS SOUTH ASIAN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY URBAN AREAS WOMAN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6965741/explaining-south-asias-development-success-role-good-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7129