The Economy of South Asia; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; 1 Introduction; The Question; The Region; The Field; Two Stories: Adjustment in Policy and Adjustment in Politics; A Different Story; Plan of the Book; 2 Defining the Region: Geography and History; Geography; History; Markets and Enterprise; State-Making in 1950; The Pursuit of Economic Development; Adversities; South Asia and The World After 1980: How the Link Was Reset; Conclusion; 3 The State and the Economy I: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh; India; Partition; Import-Substituting Industrialization

State LeadershipForeign Aid; Agriculture; Crisis and Response: 1970-1985; Liberalization; Pakistan; Partition and State-Making; The First Military Regime (1958-1969); Socialism: 1970s; Liberalization; Bangladesh; The East Pakistan Era: 1950-1971; Bangladesh: The Foundations; Liberalization; Conclusion; 4 The State and the Economy II: Sri Lanka and Nepal; Sri Lanka; Towards Independence; The Land Question; Socialism; Liberalization; Civil War and Beyond; Nepal; The Making of the Modern State; Towards Development; Left Radicalism; Towards a New Political Economy; Conclusion

5 Growth and DevelopmentThe Demographic and Employment Transition; Growth and Development; Poverty; Structural Change; Trade; Finance and Remittance; State; Institutions and Entrepreneurship; Conclusion; 6 Land Reforms; India; Initial Conditions; Land Reforms; Crisis in Agriculture; Tenancy Reform in West Bengal; Pakistan; Land Reform; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Conclusion; 7 The Green Revolution; The Geography of Production Possibility; India; Green Revolution and Rural Inequality; Why Did It Not Happen Everywhere?; Rural Industrialization; After 1985; Pakistan; Bangladesh

Sri Lanka and NepalConclusion; 8 Trade and Industry I: India; Trade Repression; Cotton Textiles; Public Enterprise; Import-Substituting Industrialization and Private Enterprise; Industrial Stagnation and Recovery 1965-1985; Backdoor Globalization; Full Liberalization; An Assessment of the Liberal Reforms; Conclusion; 9 Trade and Industry II: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal; Pakistan; 1947-1972; 1972-1977; 1980 to the Present; Bangladesh; 1947-1972; 1977-1990; Garment Export, 1990 to the Present; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Trade Within South Asia; Conclusion; 10 Business; India

Foreign Firms: 1950-1980Downfall of Capitalism: A Business History of Calcutta; Industrial Licensing and Changes in the Corporate Sector; The 1970s; Corporate Revival and Backdoor Globalization: 1980s; Domestic Firms After Reforms; Intra-Firm Changes; Foreign Firms, Mergers, Diversification; Companies 2000-2015; Companies and Entrepreneurship in IT Business; Other Services; Business and Politics After the Reforms; Pakistan; 1950-1972; 1980 to the Present; Business and Politics in Pakistan; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Foreign Plantation Companies; Indigenous Enterprise; Nepal; Conclusion; 11 Migration