South Asia Development Matters


South Asia's Response to Climate Change Paperback The book examines how South Asia can best adapt to climate change. The region's governments are undertaking large-scale programs to build climate-resilient infrastructure and disaster preparedness systems.
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An East Asian Renaissance' is a major study on the recent economic growth in East Asia. In this timely book the authors address how development strategies should be adapted in response to these changes and how the region can complement international with domestic integration.
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Air Pollution and Public Health in South Asia Paperback This report aims to identify and map air pollution hotspots in South Asia in terms of concentration and exposure, understand the various sources of pollution in hotspot areas (from Kabul to Dhaka), and help categorize policy actions and...
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Solutions to Avert the Next Financial Crisis in South Asia Paperback Hidden Debt examines the tradeoff between tackling development challenges through state direct presence in the market and avoiding unsustainable debt due to economic inefficiencies of such state operations.
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The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards Paperback South Asia?s Hotspots provides new understanding on the impact of climate change in South Asia by analyzing how rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns will affect living standards. The report...
Paperback The WEB of Transport Corridors in South Asia develops a holistic appraisal methodology to ensure that economic benefits of investments in transport corridors are amplified and more widely spread, and possible negative impacts such as congestion, environmental degradation, and other...
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Policies to Boost Competitiveness and Create the Next Export Powerhouse Paperback South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population ? especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming compared to East Asia. The report examines three...
Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability Paperback Urbanization presents South Asia with the opportunity to reach development's upper echelons of prosperity and livability, but the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pressures of population growth.  This book...
Addressing Inequality in South Asia Paperback Addressing Inequality in South Asia takes a comprehensive look at the extent, nature, and drivers of inequality in this very dynamic region of the world. Drawing on a variety of data sources, it disentangles the contribution that opportunity in...
Paperback This book finds that the South Asia region has generated more and better jobs over the past two decades. It focuses on the changes in policies necessary to meet the enormous challenge of creating between 1 million and 1.2 million productive jobs every month over the next two decades.
Moving Up, Looking East Paperback 'The World Bank South Asia Economic Update 2010: Moving Up, Looking East' is the World Bank?s comprehensive annual report on the region?s economies.
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