This book offers a comparative analysis of social protection policies in five countries of South Asia — India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh — w

This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come abo

This book examines the social welfare policies and programmes devised to address different societal issues and concerns across the South Asian countries. It foc

The Asian crisis of the late 1990s severely affected some of the most successful economies in the region, placing the issue of social protection high on the reg

The book aims to explore South Asian third sector – the nonprofit organizations as provider of social services. The book defines social welfare and describe i