Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia. Leading experts in the field look at the major economic achievements and challenges for the region and examine why economic development across the South Asia region has diverged so significantly since the early 1990s.

Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia. Leading experts in the field look at the major economic achievements and challenges for the region and examine why economic development across the South Asia region has diverged so significantly since the early 1990s. Providing a cutting-edge review of the economies of South Asia, the Handbook analyzes key growth areas as well as key structural weaknesses and policy challenges facing these economies. Furthermore, it anticipates trends and suggests corrective measures for the South Asian economic region. Sections focus on issues of human development, such as inequality, poverty and quality of schooling, and monetary and fiscal issues, particularly in light of the ongoing global financial crisis. Further sections discuss issues relating to employment and infrastructure, and on the experience of the region with international trade and financial flows, and environmental challenges. Written by renowned and respected experts on South Asian economics, this Handbook is an invaluable reference work for students and academics as well as policy makers interested in South Asian Studies, Economics and Development Studies.

"The handbook includes some excellent chapters... [This handbook] is a useful, thematically organised complement to the country by country approach." - Marie-Aimée Tourres; Contemporary South Asia, 21:1, 78-79 (2013) "For in his Preface, the editor Raghbendra Jha states how his goal with this book has been to "present focused analyses of the most pressing issues and to whet readers' appetites for exploring the important literature in this area" (p. xv). He certainly succeeds in this endeavor." - Keith Jackson, SOAS, University of London, London, UK and Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. South Asian Journal of Global Business Research 2,2: 276-279.