The poor half billion in South Asia
Subtitle: what is holding back lagging regions?
By: edited by Ejaz Ghani
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780198068846
Subjects: Poverty; Regional disparities; Economic development; Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The poor half billion in South Asia: an overview  -- Ejaz Ghani; title: Development disparities and peculiarities  -- Ejan Ghani; title: Are lagging regions catching up with leading regions? . -- Ejaz Ghani, Lakshmi Iyer, and Saurabh Mishra; title: New economic geography and market access  -- Maarten Bosker and Harry Garretsen; title: Do lagging regions benefit from trade?  -- Pravin Krishna, Devashish Mitra, and Asha Sundaram; title: Is growth constrained by institutions?  -- Ana M. Fernandes, Maddalena Honorati, and Taye Mengistae; title: Education policies and outcomes in lagging regions  -- Dhushyanth Raju; title: Is decentralization helping the lagging regions?  -- Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani, and Saurabh Mishra; title: How important is migration  -- Çaǧlar Özden and Mirvat Sewadeh; title: Stimulating agricultural growth -- Ejaz Ghani and Surabhi Mittal.