The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?

South Asia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty. How do the two coexist? The paradox of South Asia is that growth has been instrument in th...

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Main Author:	Ghani, Ejaz
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUALIZED CHANGE AVERAGE ANNUAL CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONSUMPTION GROWTH DEATH RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROPOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL MARKETS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER PARITY GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POVERTY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROCESS HIGH GROWTH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS INCOME GROWTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT DEATHS LABOR FORCE LAGGING REGIONS LITERACY RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEAN CONSUMPTION MORTALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDICATORS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POVERTY GROWTH POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY UNEDUCATED WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN YOUNG GIRLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13988599/south-asian-development-paradox-can-social-outcomes-keep-pace-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10105

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spelling	okr-10986-101052021-04-23T14:02:48Z The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth? Ghani, Ejaz ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUALIZED CHANGE AVERAGE ANNUAL CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONSUMPTION GROWTH DEATH RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROPOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL MARKETS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER PARITY GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POVERTY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROCESS HIGH GROWTH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS INCOME GROWTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT DEATHS LABOR FORCE LAGGING REGIONS LITERACY RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEAN CONSUMPTION MORTALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDICATORS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POVERTY GROWTH POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY UNEDUCATED WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN YOUNG GIRLS South Asia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty. How do the two coexist? The paradox of South Asia is that growth has been instrument in the reducing poverty rates, but poverty rates have not fallen fast enough to reduce the total number of poor people, and their remain huge room for improvement in education, health, and women's economic participation. 2012-08-13T10:26:09Z 2012-08-13T10:26:09Z 2011-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13988599/south-asian-development-paradox-can-social-outcomes-keep-pace-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10105 English Economic Premise; No. 53 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUALIZED CHANGE AVERAGE ANNUAL CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONSUMPTION GROWTH DEATH RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROPOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL MARKETS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER PARITY GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POVERTY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROCESS HIGH GROWTH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS INCOME GROWTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT DEATHS LABOR FORCE LAGGING REGIONS LITERACY RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEAN CONSUMPTION MORTALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDICATORS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POVERTY GROWTH POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY UNEDUCATED WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN YOUNG GIRLS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ANNUAL CHANGE ANNUALIZED CHANGE AVERAGE ANNUAL CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONSUMPTION GROWTH DEATH RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISEASES DIVERSIFICATION DROPOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL MARKETS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER PARITY GLOBAL HEALTH GLOBAL POVERTY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROCESS HIGH GROWTH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS INCOME GROWTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT DEATHS LABOR FORCE LAGGING REGIONS LITERACY RATES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEAN CONSUMPTION MORTALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDICATORS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POVERTY GROWTH POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREFERENCE FOR SONS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL PROGRESS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY UNEDUCATED WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN YOUNG GIRLS Ghani, Ejaz The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
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relation	Economic Premise; No. 53
description	South Asia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet it is also home to the largest concentration of people living in debilitating poverty. How do the two coexist? The paradox of South Asia is that growth has been instrument in the reducing poverty rates, but poverty rates have not fallen fast enough to reduce the total number of poor people, and their remain huge room for improvement in education, health, and women's economic participation.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Ghani, Ejaz
author_facet	Ghani, Ejaz
author_sort	Ghani, Ejaz
title	The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
title_short	The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
title_full	The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
title_fullStr	The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
title_full_unstemmed	The South Asian Development Paradox : Can Social Outcomes Keep Pace with Growth?
title_sort	south asian development paradox : can social outcomes keep pace with growth?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/13988599/south-asian-development-paradox-can-social-outcomes-keep-pace-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10105
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