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Social development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia

Khemka, Nitya, editor, Kumar, Suraj, editor

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\"This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/wellbeing and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in the world, with an aggregate GDP in excess of 2 trillion US dollars, but at the same time it has significant deficits in human development, with 37% of the world's poor and nearly half of the world's malnourished children. For South Asia, the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) represent a constructive opportunity to end many of the region's deprivations in a time-bound and systematic manner. Starting with the legacy of the Millennium Development Goals, the book goes on to provide a country by country overview of strategies for addressing the problems of poverty, health, water, and sanitation. South-South Cooperation and in particular the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are discussed, and finally the editors present a summary of policy priorities for social development. This book aims to be a useful resource for researchers, policy influencers, planners, implementers, students, and activists aiming to push to achieve the SDGs\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. / Sustainable development South Asia. / Sustainable Development Goals. / South Asian cooperation. / South Asia Social conditions 21st century.
• ISBN: 9781138490475

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HN670.3.A8 S623 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE