Title: South Asia in the era of globalization : trade, industrialization ,and welfare /
Authors: Bhattacharya, Mita.; Smyth, Russell.; Vicziany, Marika.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Globalization; International trade; South Asia Economic conditions; South Asia Economic policy; South Asia Social policy.
Contents: The South Asian economies within the global context / Mita Bhattacharya, Russell Smyth, and Marika Vicziany -- Privatization and resistance in South Asia / Peter Mayer -- The middle classes of South Asia / Marika Vicziany -- Overseas research and development and appropriation of intellectual property rights in transnational corporations / Pradeep Kanta Ray and Sunil Venaik -- Potential gains from international portfolio diversification? Stock market linkages between the Japanese and South Asian markets / Paresh Kumar Narayan, Russell Smyth , and Mohan Nandha -- Analysis of performance indicators and information sources - the Australian and Indian electricity industries / Mahendra K. Goyal -- Problems and prospects of the tourism industry: the experience from India / Mita Bhattacharya -- Financial deregulation and banking performance in South Asian countries / Piyadasa Edirisuriya -- The new Indian IT industry in the late 1990s - rapid economic growth and social revolution? / Marika Vicziany -- Global opportunities and domestic constraints in the apparel and textile industries in South Asia: analysis and strategic responses of firms in India / K.V. Ramaswamy -- Bangladesh agriculture in reform mode: experiences, obstacles and prospects / Mohammad Alauddin -- Development, poverty and welfare household characteristics and living standards: evidence from India / Pushkar Maitra and Ranjan Ray -- Calorie deficiency in rural India in the last three quinquennial rounds of the NSS / Raghavendra Jha -- The effects of economic reforms and trade liberalization on agriculture and its implications for rural poverty alleviation: the case of Pakistan / Zulfiqar Bashir -- Globalization and social protection in Sri Lanka: diverging views between center and periphery / Ramanie Samaratunge and Chris Nyland -- Revisiting an old question: investigating the causal relationship between female education and fertility in South Asia / Paresh Kumar Narayan and Russell Smyth.