The economy of South Asia : from 1950 to the present /
This book explores the historical roots of rapid economic growth in South Asia, with reference to politics, markets, resources, and the world economy. Roy posits that, after an initial slow period of growth between 1950 and the 1980s, the region has been growing rapidly and fast catching up with the...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- The Economy of South Asia; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; 1. Introduction; The Question; The Region; The Field; Two Stories: Adjustment in Policy and Adjustment in Politics; A Different Story; Plan of the Book; 2. Defining the Region: Geography and History; Geography; History; Markets and Enterprise; State-Making in 1950; The Pursuit of Economic Development; Adversities; South Asia and The World After 1980: How the Link Was Reset; Conclusion; 3. The State and the Economy I: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh; India; Partition; Import-Substituting Industrialization
- 5. Growth and DevelopmentThe Demographic and Employment Transition; Growth and Development; Poverty; Structural Change; Trade; Finance and Remittance; State; Institutions and Entrepreneurship; Conclusion; 6. Land Reforms; India; Initial Conditions; Land Reforms; Crisis in Agriculture; Tenancy Reform in West Bengal; Pakistan; Land Reform; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Conclusion; 7. The Green Revolution; The Geography of Production Possibility; India; Green Revolution and Rural Inequality; Why Did It Not Happen Everywhere?; Rural Industrialization; After 1985; Pakistan; Bangladesh
- Foreign Firms: 1950-1980; Downfall of Capitalism: A Business History of Calcutta; Industrial Licensing and Changes in the Corporate Sector; The 1970s; Corporate Revival and Backdoor Globalization: 1980s; Domestic Firms After Reforms; Intra-Firm Changes; Foreign Firms, Mergers, Diversification; Companies 2000-2015; Companies and Entrepreneurship in IT Business; Other Services; Business and Politics After the Reforms; Pakistan; 1950-1972; 1980 to the Present; Business and Politics in Pakistan; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Foreign Plantation Companies; Indigenous Enterprise; Nepal; Conclusion; 11. Migration; Prehistory; Persian Gulf Migration; Why People move; Migration and Development; Pakistan and Bangladesh; Nepal; India; Conclusion; 12. Summary and Conclusion; Divergence and Convergence; The Narrative; Differences; The Future; Bibliography; Index
- Sri Lanka and Nepal; Conclusion; 8. Trade and Industry I: India; Trade Repression; Cotton Textiles; Public Enterprise; Import-Substituting Industrialization and Private Enterprise; Industrial Stagnation and Recovery 1965-1985; Backdoor Globalization; Full Liberalization; An Assessment of the Liberal Reforms; Conclusion; 9. Trade and Industry II: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal; Pakistan; 1947-1972; 1972-1977; 1980 to the Present; Bangladesh; 1947-1972; 1977-1990; Garment Export, 1990 to the Present; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Trade Within South Asia; Conclusion; 10. Business; India
- State LeadershipForeign Aid; Agriculture; Crisis and Response: 1970-1985; Liberalization; Pakistan; Partition and State-Making; The First Military Regime (1958-1969); Socialism: 1970s; Liberalization; Bangladesh; The East Pakistan Era: 1950-1971; Bangladesh: The Foundations; Liberalization; Conclusion; 4. The State and the Economy II: Sri Lanka and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Towards Independence; The Land Question; Socialism; Liberalization; Civil War and Beyond; Nepal; The Making of the Modern State; Towards Development; Left Radicalism; Towards a New Political Economy; Conclusion