Overview: Offers the first economic history account of South Asian transition in the last 70 years.Surveys the broad patterns of economic change in the five larger nations of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangla.This book explores the historical roots of rapid economic growth in South Asia, with reference to politics, markets, resources, and the world economy. Roy posits that, after an initial slow period of growth between 1950 and the 1980s, the region has been growing rapidly and fast catching up with the world on average levels of living. Why did this turnaround happen? Does it matter? Is it
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