Research Catalog

Title

Social development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia / edited by Nitya Mohan Khemka and Suraj Kumar.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Additional Authors

• Khemka, Nitya
• Kumar, Suraj

Description

xxix, 219 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/wellbeing and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in the world, with an aggregate GDP in excess of 2 trillion US dollars, but at the same time it has significant deficits in human development, with 37% of the world's poor and nearly half of the world's malnourished children. For South Asia, the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) represent a constructive opportunity to end many of the region's deprivations in a time-bound and systematic manner. Starting with the legacy of the Millennium Development Goals, the book goes on to provide a country by country overview of strategies for addressing the problems of poverty, health, water, and sanitation. South-South Cooperation and in particular the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are discussed, and finally the editors present a summary of policy priorities for social development. This book aims to be a useful resource for researchers, policy influencers, planners, implementers, students, and activists aiming to push to achieve the SDGs"--

Series Statement

Routledge research on Asian development ; 6

Uniform Title

Routledge research on Asian development ; 6.

Subject

• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
• 2000-2099
• Sustainable development > South Asia
• Sustainable Development Goals
• South Asian cooperation
• Social conditions
• Sustainable development
• South Asia > Social conditions > 21st century
• South Asia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface : through the looking glass : sustainable development in South Asia / Nitya Khemka and Suraj Kumar -- The Uunfinished MDG agenda and SDGs / Nitya Khemka and Suraj Kumar -- Sustainable development goals in South Asia : progress, challenges and the way forward / Jayati Ghosh -- Sustainable development goals in Bangladesh : promises, prospects and opportunities / Syed Munir Khasru, Avia Nahreen and Marzuka Ahmad Radia -- Where does India stand on the sustainable development goals? : progress and challenges / Anjana Thampi -- Sustainable development goals in Nepal : prospects and challenges / Shrochis Karki and Uma Pradhan -- Sustainable development goals in Pakistan : an analysis / Sahar Asad -- "Leave no woman behind" : goal 5 through the South Asian lens / Vidisha Mishra -- Reporting of South Asian countries on the SDGs at the global level : experiences, challenges and way forward / Nathalie Risse -- Towards a policy agenda for achieving SDGs in South Asia / Nagesh Kumar -- South-South cooperation in South Asia to achieve the sustainable development goals / Shiladitya Chatterjee -- Conclusion : policy priorities for social development / Nitya Khemka and Suraj Kumar.

Call Number

JFE 20-704

ISBN

• 9781138490475
• 1138490474

LCCN

2019018947

OCLC

1113183713

Title

Social development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia / edited by Nitya Mohan Khemka and Suraj Kumar.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge research on Asian development ; 6

Routledge research on Asian development ; 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Khemka, Nitya, editor.

Kumar, Suraj, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Social development and the sustainable development goals in South Asia Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9781351035262 (DLC) 2019980042

Research Call Number

JFE 20-704