South Asia's path to resilient growth / created by Ranil Salgado, Rahul Anand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from postpandemic recovery to inclusive growth and sustainable development in South Asia / Klaus-Peter Hellwig -- Part I. Fostering sustainable and inclusive growth -- The spending challenge of achieving the SDGs in South Asia: lessons from India / Mercedes García-Escribano, Tewodaj Mogues, Mariano Moszoro, and Mauricio Soto -- Labor market reforms for job-rich growth recoveries in South Asia / Ruchir Agarwal, Andrew Hodge, Racha Moussa, Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon, and Jarkko Turunen -- Social protection reforms in South Asia / Bazlul Haque Khondker and Emmanouil Kitsios -- Improving gender equality with digitalization / Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon -- Digitalization and public finance efficiency / Emmanouil Kitsios and Sanghamitra Warrier Mukherjee -- Climate change in South Asia: further need for mitigation and adaptation / Ruchir Agarwal, Vybhavi Balasundharam, Patrick Blagrave, Eugenio Cerutti, Ragnar Gudmundsson, and Racha Moussa -- Part II. Unlocking structural transformation -- A diversification strategy for South Asia / Weicheng Lian, Fei Liu, Katsiaryna Svirydzenka, and Biying Zhu -- Reviving trade and investment / Shanaka Jayanath Peiris, Weicheng Lian, Pragyan Deb, Patrick Blagrave, and Naihan Yang -- Fostering regional trade integration between South Asia and East Asia / Ganeshan Wignaraja -- Part III. Enhancing macro-financial management -- Scaling up quality infrastructure investment in South Asia / Olivier Bizimana, Laura Jaramillo, Saji Thomas, and Jiae Yoo -- Monetary policy / Chetan Ghate and Faisal Ahmed -- Advancing financial development and inclusion / Gerard J. Almekinders, Faisal Ahmed, and Sumiko Ogawa.

"South Asia's Path to Resilient Growth highlights the remarkable development progress in South Asia, especially the decline in extreme poverty, and how the region can advance in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the war in Ukraine. Steps include a renewed push toward greater trade and financial openness, while responding proactively to the distributional impact and dislocation associated with this structural transformation. Promoting a green and digital recovery remains important. The book explores ways to accelerate the income convergence process in the region, leveraging on the still-large potential demographic dividend in most of the countries. These include greater economic diversification and export sophistication, trade and foreign direct investment liberalization and participation in global value chains amid shifting regional and global conditions, financial development, and investment in human capital" -- back cover.