ISBN:
9781136730986
,
9781136731051
,
9781136731129
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xx, 228 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge explorations in development studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.3720954
Keywords:
Welfare state
;
Economic development
;
South Asia Economic policy
;
South Asia Social policy
Abstract:
1. Introduction : development and welfare policy in South Asia / Gabriele Koehler and Deepta Chopra -- 2. Some preliminary reflections on development, public policy and welfare states / Gabriele Koehler -- 3. Approaching developmental welfare states : a 'welfare geography' of South Asia / Gabriele Koehler -- 4. Fiscal space in South Asia : evidence for the welfare state / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- 5. Development, welfare and governance : explaining Bangladesh's 'development surprise' / Wahiduddin Mahmud and Simeen Mahmud -- 6. The Indian case : towards a rights-based welfare state? / Deepta Chopra -- 7. The Maldives : the shifting nature of a welfare state / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- 8. Nepal : social policy in a nascent welfare state / Yuba Raj Khatiwada and Gabriele Koehler -- 9. Political economy of reform : social protection reform in Pakistan / Haris Gazdar -- 10. Sri Lanka's experience of social development : towards equity and justice / Laksiri Jayasuriya -- 11. Social sector spending in South Asia : a mixed bag / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- 12. Welfare, development and rights in South Asia / Deepta Chopra.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203386255
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