Development and welfare policy in South Asia - Koehler, Gabriele; Chopra, Deepta (London Routledge, 2014)
Introduction: development and welfare policy in South Asia / Naila Kabeer -- Some preliminary reflections on development, public policy and welfare states / Deepta Chopra / Gabriele Koehler -- Approaching developmental welfare states: a 'welfare geography' of South Asia / Gabriele Koehler -- Fiscal space in South Asia: evidence for the welfare state / Gabriele Koehler -- Development, welfare and governance: explaining Bangladesh's 'development surprise' / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- The Indian case: towards a rights-based welfare state? / Simeen Mahmud / Wahiduddin Mahmud -- The Maldives: the shifting nature of a welfare state / Deepta Chopra -- Nepal: social policy in a nascent welfare state / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- Political economy of reform: social protection reform in Pakistan / Yuba Raj Khatiwada / Gabriele Koehler -- Sri Lanka's experience of social development: towards equity and justice / Haris Gazdar -- Social sector spending in South Asia: a mixed bag / Laksiri Jayasuriya -- Welfare, development and rights in South Asia / Aniruddha Bonnerjee.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Welfare state -- South Asia; Economic development -- South Asia; South Asia -- Social policy; South Asia -- Economic policy