Ghani, Ejaz2012-08-132012-08-132011-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10105South 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONADULT LITERACYANNUAL CHANGEANNUALIZED CHANGEAVERAGE ANNUALCONCENTRATION OF PEOPLECONSUMPTION GROWTHDEATH RATESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISEASESDIVERSIFICATIONDROPOUTECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSFEMALE LABOR FORCEFIGHT AGAINST POVERTYFINANCIAL MARKETSGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUITIESGENDER PARITYGLOBAL HEALTHGLOBAL POVERTYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH PROCESSHIGH GROWTHHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUSBANDSINCOME GROWTHINDUSTRIAL POLICYINEQUALITYINFANTINFANT DEATHSLABOR FORCELAGGING REGIONSLITERACY RATESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALARIAMALNUTRITIONMEAN CONSUMPTIONMORTALITYOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLICY INDICATORSPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY REFORMSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR LIVINGPOOR PEOPLEPOOR REGIONSPOVERTY GROWTHPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREFERENCE FOR SONSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRO-POORPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREDUCING POVERTYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL OUTCOMESSOCIAL PROGRESSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICYUNEDUCATED WOMENVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENYOUNG GIRLSWorld Bank10.1596/10105