This Handbook on the South Asian Economies (a companion to the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies) is a comprehensive and unique collection of original studies on the economic and social development of countries in South Asia. The analytical narratives draw upon a wide range...

The author makes an attempt to explain the nature of transformation of Bangladesh society and to locate its position in the trajectory of transformation. Colonial exploitation of Bengal for about 200 years. Politics of Bengali Bhadraloks. Nature of dependent capitalist development....