Economic Successes in South Asia

Shahrukh Rafi Khan is a Research Associate at Mount Holyoke College, USA. He formerly served as executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad. He has published extensively in refereed journals and authored and edited numerous books. His most recent books are Development Economics: A Critical Introduction (2019) and A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia (with Natasha Ansari, 2018), also published by Routledge and Spontaneous and Induced Collective Action in Pakistani Rural Development (with Shaheen Rafi Khan, 2021).

• Section 1: Macro Context Developmentalism and neo-liberalism 1. South Asia Overview 2. India’s Economic Success Section 2: Meso Context Poverty alleviation: State and Civil Society Partnerships 3. Participatory Development in Pakistan 4. Human Development in Sri Lanka 5. Employment Guarantee Schemes in India 6. Akhuwat: Interest free Microcredit in Pakistan Section 3: Meso Context Population and the Environment: State and Civil Society Partnerships 7. Population Planning in Bangladesh 8. Joint-Forest Management in India and Nepal Section 4: Micro Context State, Local Capital and Foreign Capital Partnerships 9. Producer Co-operatives in Kerala, India 10. Some South Asian Export Successes 11. India’s Automobile Industry: Partnering with Foreign Capital Section 5: Summary and Conclusions