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Title

Development and welfare policy in South Asia / [edited by] Gabriele Koehler and Deepta Chopra.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Koehler, Gabriele
• Chopra, Deepta

Description

xx, 228 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of {u2018}developmental welfare state{u2019} that can be observed across South Asia. The focus is on social policies or policies designed to address poverty and deliver welfare at the level of programming and design, i.e. the stated intent of these policies. The book also presents an analysis of the fiscal space available in each of the six countries, thereby drawing conclusions about the financial feasibility of a {u2018}developmental welfare state{u2019} model in the region. This comprehensive book uniquely explores critical aspects of policy debates on a possible move from welfare to {u2018}rights{u2019}. It introduces students and researchers in development studies, social policy and South Asian studies to innovative welfare programmes in South Asia and gives a new perspective on the nature and patterns of welfare in South Asia with the view of tackling inequality and promoting well-being. --Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Routledge explorations in development studies

Subject

• Welfare state > South Asia
• Economic development > South Asia
• Sozialpolitik
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung
• South Asia > Social policy
• South Asia > Economic policy
• Südasien

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: development and welfare policy in South Asia / Naila Kabeer -- 2. Some preliminary reflections on development, public policy and welfare states / Deepta Chopra / 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 / Gabriele Koehler -- 5. Development, welfare and governance: explaining Bangladesh's 'development surprise' / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- 6. The Indian case: towards a rights-based welfare state? / Simeen Mahmud / Wahiduddin Mahmud -- 7. The Maldives: the shifting nature of a welfare state / Deepta Chopra -- 8. Nepal: social policy in a nascent welfare state / Aniruddha Bonnerjee -- 9. Political economy of reform: social protection reform in Pakistan / Yuba Raj Khatiwada / Gabriele Koehler -- 10. Sri Lanka's experience of social development: towards equity and justice / Haris Gazdar -- 11. Social sector spending in South Asia: a mixed bag / Laksiri Jayasuriya -- 12. Welfare, development and rights in South Asia / Aniruddha Bonnerjee.

ISBN

• 9780415820530 (alk. paper : hbk)
• 0415820537 (alk. paper : hbk)

LCCN

^^2013033786

OCLC

• 857141308
• SCSB-11212692

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library