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

Ghani, Ejaz

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

2011

Ghani, Ejaz

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.

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developing countries discrimination diseases diversification economic activities economic growth gender equality gross domestic product infant malaria malnutrition mortality poverty reduction primary education private sector secondary education social development trade liberalization

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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High growth; Opportunities for women; Gender disparity; Industrial policy; Fight against poverty; Developing world; Inequality; Average annual; Policy research; Violence against women; Poverty rate; Reducing poverty; Poor regions; Annualized change; Enforcement mechanisms; Development assistance; Poverty growth; Political economy; Trade policy; Tertiary education; Discrimination against women; Global poverty; Labor force; Poor living; Growth process; Gender inequities; Husbands; Pro-poor; Uneducated women; Young girls; Gender discrimination; Literacy rates; Poor people; Access to education; Female labor force; Global health; Death rates; Concentration of people; Per capita consumption growth; Human development; Empirical evidence; Economic policy; Social progress; Mean consumption; Income growth; Policy reforms; Poverty rates; Policy makers; Infant deaths; Policy research working paper; Policy environment; Poor countries; Purchasing power; Gender parity; Financial markets; Social outcomes; Preference for sons; Dropout; Per capita consumption; Policy interventions; Purchasing power parity; Policy indicators; Lagging regions; Consumption growth; Low-income countries; Adult literacy; Secondary school; Annual change; Per capita income

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Economic Premise; No. 53http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/World BankCC BY 3.0 Unported

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Economic Premise; No. 53

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

2011

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