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

• Tác giả: Ejaz Ghani
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.9 Economic development and growth
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309386
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO EDUCATION; 2. ADULT LITERACY; 3. ANNUAL CHANGE; 4. ANNUALIZED CHANGE; 5. AVERAGE ANNUAL

Tóm tắt

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.