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
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Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
GDP
GNP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6965741/explaining-south-asias-development-success-role-good-policies
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spelling okr-10986-71292021-04-23T14:02:27Z Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies Ahmed, Sadiq 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 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 performance is not a puzzle but largely explained by good policies. Countries in the region have maintained good macroeconomic environments, opened up their economies to greater domestic and international competition, and reduced the role of corrupt and inefficient public enterprises. 2012-06-05T16:35:35Z 2012-06-05T16:35:35Z 2006 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6965741/explaining-south-asias-development-success-role-good-policies 978-0-8213-6599-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7129 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia India
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Ahmed, Sadiq
Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
India
description 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 performance is not a puzzle but largely explained by good policies. Countries in the region have maintained good macroeconomic environments, opened up their economies to greater domestic and international competition, and reduced the role of corrupt and inefficient public enterprises.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Ahmed, Sadiq
author_facet Ahmed, Sadiq
author_sort Ahmed, Sadiq
title Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
title_short Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
title_full Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
title_fullStr Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
title_full_unstemmed Explaining South Asia's Development Success : The Role of Good Policies
title_sort explaining south asia's development success : the role of good policies
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6965741/explaining-south-asias-development-success-role-good-policies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7129
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