New Institutional Economics and economic development -- Nations, conceptual framework and method -- Ethnicity and development -- Independence, ethnicity and development: case studies -- Forging national cohesion in constructed nations -- Summary and conclusion.

Section 1: Macro Context Developmentalism and neo-liberalism 1. South Asia Overview 2. India⁰́₉s Economic Success Section 2: Meso Context Poverty alleviation: State and Civil Society Partnerships 3. Participatory Development in Pakistan4. Human Development in Sri Lanka 5. Employment...

The global financial and economic crisis starting in 2007 has provoked the exploration of alternatives to neo-liberalism. Although neo-liberalism has been critiqued from various perspectives, these critiques have not coalesced into a concrete alternative in development economics literature. The...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Conceptual issues and a new developmentalist agenda -- pt. 3. Neo-liberal constraints on the policy agenda -- pt. 4. Case studies in pro-active government -- pt. 5. Conclusion : moving to alternatives.

This study uses a production function approach to identify the impact of student, parent, teacher, and school policy variables on student performance as measured by test scores. Our statistical analysis is conducted in a comparative institutional context that includes government, private, and...

Public sector salaries, including those that apply to rural teachers in Pakistan, are rigidly determined by educational qualifications and experience. If it can be determined that educational qualifications and experience enhance teacher cognitive skills, which in turn enhance student cognitive...