Table of Contents

Foreword; 1 Introduction: Contemporary Challenges and Civilizational Wellsprings; Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey; Section I: Democracy; 2 State of Democracy in India - Subhash C. Kashyap; 3 Pakistan: Striving For Democracy - Hasan Askari Rizvi; 4 State, Society & Democratic Futures: Challenges for Bangladesh - Imtiaz Ahmed; 5 Deepening Democratic Structure in Sri Lanka - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu; 6 Reconstructing Democracy in South
Asia- Rounaq Jahan and Rehman Sobhan; Section II: Inclusive Growth; 7 Inclusive Growth in India- Muchkund Dubey and Biswajit Dhar; 8 Strengthening Democracy through Inclusive Growth - Akmal Hussain; 9 Beyond Minimalism of
Growth with Safety Net: Is Development 'Inclusive' in Bangladesh? - Binayak Sen; 10 Inclusive Growth in Sri Lanka - Saman Kelegama; 11 Inclusive Growth and Policies: The South Asian Experience - Thangavel Palanivel and Fatma Gul Unal; Section III: The Environmental Crisis; 12 The Challenge of Global Climate Change: An Indian Perspective - Shyam Saran; 13 Climate Change: Pakistan's Existential Challenge - Ali Tauqeer Sheikh; 14 The Environmental Challenges in South Asia: Regional Cooperation for
Adaptation Strategies - Leena Srivastava; Section IV: Peace; 15 Persistent Inequality and the Challenges to Legitimacy and Peace Building in Pakistan - Imran Ali; 16 Unfinished Peace in a Diverse
Society: Some Thoughts on The 'Peace' Process in Sri Lanka - Sumanasiri Liyanage; 17 South Asian Union - Kamal Hossain; Section V: South Asia's Development and Financial Architecture; 18 A Regional Financial Architecture for Sustaining Asia-Pacific's Dynamism in the Post-Crisis World - Nagesh Kumar; 19 Reform of Global And Regional Financial Architecture - Ramgopal Agarwala; Section VI: Recovering a Shared Sensibility for a Sustainable Future: Unity and Diversity in the South Asian Cultural
Traditions; 20 Pluralism and Diversity in South Asia - Kapila Vatsyayan; 21 Peace, Sustainability and the Religious Other - Muhammad Suheyl Umar; 22 Some Aspects of South Asian Cultural Traditions - M.
Anisuzzaman; Section VII: Perspective on South Asia; 23 Democracy and Sustainable Development - Mohamed Nasheed; 25 Form and Substance of Democracy: Situating South Asia - T.K. Oommen; 26 Inclusive Growth, Democracy and Sustainable Development - Ajay Chhibber; 27 Some Reflections on Development in South Asia: Markets, Democracy, and People - Deepak Nayyar; 28 Livelihood, Nature, and Peace: A Grihini Perspective - Ela R. Bhatt; 29 The Story of Micro Credit : Grameen Bank and Social Business -
Muhammad Yunus; 30 The Impact of Global Warming and the Imperative of Mitigation - R.K Pachauri; 31 Natural Disasters, Food Security, and Sustainable Development - M.S. Swaminathan; 32 State Pathologies,
Peace, and Water - Khaled Ahmed; 33 A Vision for a South Asian Commonwealth - Abul Maal A Muhith; About the Editor and Contributors; Index

About the Author

Akmal Hussain is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Forman Christian College, Lahore.

Muchkund Dubey is currently the President of the Council for Social Development, New Delhi and Co-Chairperson of South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS).