Publications

Disaster Assistance
-Corportate Responses to HIV/AIDS: Case Studies from India, Jul 07
-2005 Earthquake in Pakistandamage and needs assessment, Nov 05
-Tsunami assistance, updateon World Bank assistance to the Maldives, Apr 05
-Tsunami damage assessmentin Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Feb 05

Economic Policy
-Pakistan Infrastructure Implementation Capacity, Feb 08
-Afghanistan: Economic Incentives and Development Initiatives to Reduce Opium Production, Feb 08
-Maldives Country Assistance Strategy, Jan 08
-Bangladesh: Strategy For Sustained Growth, Jul 07
-Maldives: Sustaining Growth and Improving the Investment Climate, Jul 07
-Microfinance in South Asia: Toward Financial Inclusion for the Poor, Jul 07
-Access to Financial Services in Nepal:Only 26% of Nepalese households have a bank account, Apr 07
-South Asia:Growth & Integration, Feb 07
-Doing Business in South Asia 2007, Feb 07
-To the MDGs and beyond, Jan 07
-India Development Policy Reviewsurfaces key challenges - Jul 06
-Economics and governanceof nongovernmental organizations in Bangladesh, Apr 06
-PakistanGrowth and Export Competitiveness, Apr 06

Environment
-Pakistan: Strategic Country Environmental Assessment, Sep 07
-Country Environmental Analysis:India's priority should be to build an environmentally sustainable future, Apr 07
-A Case Study of India’s horticulture:From Competition At Home to Competing Abroad, Apr 07
-Bangladesh: Country Environmental Analysis, Mar 07

Education
- Learning and Educational Achievement in Punjab Schools, Feb 08
- Unleashing India's Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Oct 07
-Pakistan: Higher Education, Jun 06
- More Education Publications

Gender
-Whispers to Voices: Gender and Social Transformation in Bangladesh, Mar 08
-The role of women in Afghanistan's future- Apr 06

Governance
Afghanistan: Building an Effective State, Jun 08

Health
-Immunization in India- an equity-adjusted assessment, Mar 06
-Reaching the poor through sustainable partnerships:the Slum Sanitation Program in Mumbai, India, Mar 06
-Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project:effectiveness and lessons, Dec 05

HIV/AIDS
-HIV/AIDS in South Asia, Understanding and Responding, Aug 06

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
-To the MDGs and Beyond:Accountability and Institutional Innovation in Bangladesh, Feb 07
-Attaining the MDGs in Sri Lanka, Jun 05
-Attaining the MDGs in Bangladesh, Jun 05
-Attaining the MDGs in India, Dec 04

Poverty
-Jharkhand: Inclusive Development, Jun 07
-Promoting Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction:Agricultural growth is not sufficient to alleviate rural poverty in Pakistan, May 07
-Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment 2007:Engendering Growth with Equity: Opportunities and Challenges, Mar 07
-Resilience Amidst Conflict, poverty reduction in Nepal
-Can South Asia End Poverty in a Generation, Sep 06
-The End of Poverty, Jun 06

Private Sector Development
-End of Multi-Fibre Arrangement quotas:Key issues and strategic options for Bangladesh readymade garment industry, Jan 06
-Exports, university-industry linkages,and innovation challenges in Bangalore, Apr 06
-Afghanistan:Investment climate improves, many challenges remain, Feb 06
-Estimating demandfor piped water connections in Sri Lanka, Jan 06

Public Sector Accounting
-Punjab: Public Financial Management and Accountability Assessment, Feb 08
-Balochistan: Public Financial Management and Accountability Assessment, Feb 08
-North West Frontier Province: Public Financial Management and Accountability Assessment, Feb 08
-Afghanistan: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Oct 07
-Bhutan: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07
-Bangladesh: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07
-Maldives: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07
-Nepal: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07
-Pakistan: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07
-Sri Lanka: Public Sector Accounting and Auditing, Nov 07

Public Sector Management
-Afghanistan: Service Delivery and Governance at the Sub-National Level, Jul 07
-What are public services worth, and to whom?Non-parametric estimation of capitalization in Pune, May 2006
-Economics and governanceof nongovernmental organizations in Bangladesh, Apr 06
-Social protection in the Maldives:Options for reforming pensions and safety nets, Apr 06
-The welfare effects of slum improvement programs:the case of Mumbai, Feb 06

Social Protection
-Strengthening Social Protection(pdf), Apr 06

Trade
-South Asia: Potential and Prospects for Regional Energy Trade, Nov 07
-India, Bangladesh Bilateral Trade, Dec 06

Transportation
-Bangladesh: Rural road investments are found to reduce poverty significantly, Apr 06

Urbanization
-Dhaka: Improving Living Conditions for the Urban Poor, Jun 07
-Kabul: urban land in crisis, Jun 06

Water supply
-Water infrastructure and services in India, how to close the gap, Jan 06
-Demand for waterin Sri Lanka is unpacked to understand people’s choices, Jan 06

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