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1. In the spotlight

 

 

2. General Assessment and Asian Development Bank Analysis  
3.  Crucial Issues  
4.  What is to be done?  
5.  Relevant sources  
6. Country Profiles  

    Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka


 

1. In The Spotlight
Links to development matters relevant to the region

Fuel & fertility hand in hand
Westerners breed like 30 tonne gorillas, Nature science update, April 2003

Searching for good news
IMF revises previous forecasts downwards, The Economist, March 2003

Will there ever be a Breakthrough?
Agriculture & the Doha round of world trade negotiations, The Economist, March 2003

It will be a smaller world after all
Article on UN demographics, New York Times, March 2003

 

2. General Assessment & Asian Bank Analysis
Links to assessments of regional development

South Asia in the new Millennium
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Integrated assessment modeling to support policy development in South Asia
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden, pdf

Human development in South Asia
Summaries of reports, Human development Foundation, UNDP

Afghanistan: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank

Bangladesh: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank

Bhutan: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank

India: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank

Maldives: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank

Nepal: Asian Development Outlook, 2002
Asian Development Bank


3. 
Crucial Issues at stake
Links to key regional developmental concerns

Asia confronts poverty hurdle
South and South East Asians discuss progress in "Millenium Development Goals", BBC, February 2003

Boost for World's poor cities
Grant for UN Human Settlements programme, BBC, February 2003

Education for Human Development in South Asia
Anita Rampal, Economic & Political Weekly, July 2000, pdf

Water, water everywhere, Nature Science Update, January 2000
Shortages of water may become a major source of international tension, Nature Science update, January 2000

Human Development in South Asia: Power and decision-making
Mahila Web, Nepal

Child Labor in South Asia
World bank Brief

Dialogue on Human Development in South Asia
Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh

 

4.  What is to be done?
Links to developmental strategies for the region

South Asia: Millennium Development Goals
The World bank Group

Population set to decline
Population forecast model could be invaluable to policy makers, Nature science update, August 2001

 

5.  Relevant sources
Links to development related regional & international organisations, news & research sources

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Multilateral development organisation for Asia-Pacific, Phillipines

South Asia Partnership (SAP)
Canadian organisation promoting human development in South Asia

Human Development Report 2002
United Nations - India

Regional sustainable development? South Asia joining hands
South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany

Eldis
Information on development

International Development research Centre (IDRC)
Canadian government research corporation