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South Asia, which is home to 1.5 billion people, is a land of sharp and growing contrasts. It has attracted global attention as an emerging economic powerhouse, but is also home to the largest concentration of people living in conflict, poverty, and malnutrition. This has created 'two South Asias'-one dynamic, urbanized, and globally integrated, and the other rural, impoverished, and lagging.With a focus on the poor half billion of South Asia, this volume ...
South Asia's growth pattern has attracted global attention because of its success in service exports. Challenging the 'iron law' of development that industrialization is the only route to rapid growth, this volume explores the alternative opportunities that the globalization of services opens up for developing countries.What is a service revolution? What has contributed to the globalization of services-technology, trade, or transport? Do services have ...
In recent times, South Asia has attracted global attention for demonstrating rapid growth. What is not so well known is that this is the least integrated region in the world. South Asia ha opened its door to the rest of the world but remains closed to its door to the rest of the world but remains closed to its neighbours. Poor market integration, weak connectivity, and a history of conflict have creates 'two South Asias'. The first is dynamic, urbanized, ...