Human development in South Asia 2002
- Karachi Oxford University Press 2003
- 242p.
Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre's 2002 Report on Agriculture and Rural Development underlies the imperative of focusing on a human-centred agricultural development in South Asi as agriculture is the backbone of South Asia's economy and source of livelihood of two-thirds of South Asia's population. Despite South Asia's stunning performance in agriculture during the Green Revolution, the region still hosts some half-a-billion poor people of the world. The Repor argues that South Asia's strategy of economic growth needs to be reoriented in order to address the needs and concerns of the majority of its people. This is a unique perspective as most analysts terid to be concerned with the growth of per capita output without analysing its source and distribution. This Report looks at the broader policy implications of this delink between government policies and people's lives. The wealth of data collected for the Report on South Atia's agriculture will be valuable for policymakers and academic researchers
Haman Development in South Aria 2002 has been prepared under the direction of Khadija Haq President of the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Research was supervised by an Advisory team headed by Sartaj Aziz, with Fateh Chaudhri, A.R. Kemal, Amit Mohammad and S. M. Naseem as members, Research was conducted by a team consisting of Sarfraz Qureshi, Umer Khalid, Zainab Kizilbash, Sadia Malik, Lubna Shahnaz and Hyder Yusafzai. Several South Asian economists assisted in the preparation of the Report, including M. Asaduzzaman, Jayati Ghosh, Yasin Janjaa, Saman Kelegama and Madan Pariyar.