Ahmed, Sadiq2012-06-052012-06-052006978-0-8213-6599-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7129South 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADULT LITERACYADVANCED COUNTRIESANNUAL GROWTHASSETSAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE GROWTH RATEAVERAGE PERFORMANCEAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYBASIC EDUCATIONCAPITAL MARKETCITIZENSCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCOMPETITIVE EXCHANGECOMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATEDEBTDEREGULATIONDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT OUTCOMESDISEASESDISSEMINATIONDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEXPORTSFEMALE LITERACYFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL SECTORFOREIGN AIDFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFULL EMPLOYMENTFULL EMPLOYMENT OUTPUTGDPGENDER BALANCEGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGENDER INEQUALITYGINI COEFFICIENTGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL POVERTYGNPGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTGROWTH ACCELERATIONGROWTH COLLAPSEGROWTH DYNAMICSGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHIGH GROWTHHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL ASSETSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPORT LIBERALIZATIONINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME EXPANSIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME LEVELSINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANT MORTALITY RATESINFLATION RATEINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATESINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT RATELDCSLEGAL STATUSLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLIVE BIRTHSLONG-TERM PERSPECTIVELOW INCOMEMACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORKMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMARKET ECONOMYMEASUREMENT PROBLEMSMEDIUM TERMMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMONETARY POLICYNEOCLASSICAL GROWTHNEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODELNUMBER OF BIRTHSNUMBER OF PEOPLEPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY INTERVENTIONPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY REFORMSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOOR PEOPLEPOSITIVE GROWTHPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTSPRICE STABILITYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF LIFERAPID GROWTHRATE OF GROWTHREDUCING GENDER INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL GROUPINGSREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRISING INEQUALITYRURALRURAL AREASRURAL POORSAVING RATESAVINGSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECTOR REFORMSSOCIAL CONFLICTSSOUTH ASIANSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICYTRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGYURBAN AREASWOMANWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6599-1