Role of education in human development: A study of South Asian countries

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (IPB) are the largest South Asian countries in terms of land area, gross domestic product (GDP), and population. The growth in these countries is impacted by inadequate renewable energy policy and implementation over the years, resulting in slow progress towards human development and economic sustainability. These developing countries are blessed with huge potential for renewable energy resources; however, they still heavily rely on fossil fuels (93%). IPB is a major contributor to the total energy consumption of the world and its most energy-intensive building sector (India 47%, Pakistan 55% and Bangladesh 55%) displays inadequate energy performance. This paper comprehensively reviews the energy mix and consumption in IPB with special emphasis on current policies and its impact on economic and human development. The main performance indicators have been critically analyzed for the period 1970–2017. The strength of this paper is a broad overview on energy and development of energy integration in major South Asian countries. Furthermore, it presents a broad deepening on the main sector of energy consumption, i.e., the building sector. The paper also particularly analyzes the existing buildings energy efficiency codes and policies, with specific long-term recommendations to improve average energy consumption per person. The study also examines the technical and regulatory barriers and recommends specific measures to adapt renewable technologies, with special attention to policies affecting energy consumption. The analysis and results are general and can be applied to other developing countries of the world.

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Export Earnings, Capital Instability and Economic Growth in South Asia

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2003.v8.i1.a4 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 65-89

Author(s):

Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary ◽

Amjad Naveed

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

South Asian ◽

Foreign Capital ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Export Diversification ◽

Asian Countries ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

During the last two decades the role of international trade and flow of foreign capital have received considerable attention in the literature. Various studies have examined the impact of export instability and capital instability on economic growth in less developed countries.1 Empirical evidence supports the hypothesis of a deleterious impact of export instability on economic growth. However, some studies also indicated that the relationship was unstable but positive with economic growth.2 Yet there are no systematic empirical investigations into the implied links between export diversification and long-term economic growth, particularly in the case of South Asian countries. The major concern regarding export instability is that it retards economic growth.

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Ethical Leadership and Whistleblowing: Mediating Role of Stress and Moderating Effect of Interactional Justice

SEISENSE Journal of Management ◽

10.33215/sjom.v3i3.343 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Muhammad Osaid Rabie ◽

Marlin Abdul Malek

Keyword(s):

South Asian ◽

Ethical Leadership ◽

Interactional Justice ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Telecom Sector ◽

The Relationship ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Purpose- Prevalence of corporate frauds is critical, therefore, identifying and institutionalizing the bad apples in the barrel which are engaged in wrongdoings is much needed and must be brought to the lights through whistleblowing. Design/Methodology- Data were collected from the South Asian countries through a structured questionnaire from the employees of the telecom sector. Three hundred twenty-nine samples were gathered to test hypothesized relationships. Findings- Results showed that whistleblowing intentions of employees through psychological stress mediates the behaviors of their leaders, which turns ethical leadership at the workplace. Further, ethical leadership positively impacts employees’ intention to blow the whistle at the workplace. Furthermore, the analysis showed that interactional justice moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and intention to blow the whistle of employees Practical Implications- This research gives a different perspective to the managers to develop such a culture that enables an honest and trustworthy environment, which may enable the employees to point out the wrongdoings they witness while working at the workplace.

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Role of E-Diplomacy in Maintaining India's Diplomatic Relations and in Shaping Foreign Policy With South Asian Countries and With International Community

Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development - Media Diplomacy and Its Evolving Role in the Current Geopolitical Climate ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3859-2.ch005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 83-98

Author(s):

Swati Jaywant Rao Bute

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

New Media ◽

International Relations ◽

South Asian ◽

National Level ◽

International Community ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Changing Practice ◽

International Diplomacy

In a globalized world when countries are working together in different areas such as economic, political, geopolitical, defense, security, and science and technology, media plays an important role in keeping them updated about the actual and ground level realities about different countries. This chapter examines how new media is important in international relations and diplomatic affairs, what role new media is playing in international relations, India's relations with South Asian countries and role of media diplomacy, India's relations with international community and role of e-diplomacy, people's participation in discussion and dialogue in international relations and its impact in diplomatic policies, relation between people's participation and deciding policies and national level, increasing role of new media and changing practice of international diplomacy, and foreign policy adopted by governments.

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Association between Governance and Human Development in South Asia

Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0215-9.ch012 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 254-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Arindam Laha

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

Human Development ◽

South Asian ◽

Good Governance ◽

The State ◽

Working Environment ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Governance System ◽

Sustainable Human Development ◽

Catalytic Role

Good governance could play a catalytic role in creating an enabling working environment where the dream of sustainable human development can be fulfilled, whereas poor governance could erode individual capabilities to meet even the basic needs of sustenance for vulnerable sections of the population. Under this backdrop, this study attempts to explore empirically the association between the governance and human development in the context of South Asian countries. Broadly, a converging trend of both the indices of governance and human development across South Asian countries is noticeable with the passage of time. Moreover, substantial empirical evidences suggest that the state of governance and that of level of human development are positively correlated in the sense that countries having a better functioning of governance system are also the countries with relatively high levels of human development.

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Exploring the role of finance, natural resources, and governance on the environment and economic growth in South Asian countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-021-14208-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yang Yang ◽

Anwar Khan

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Natural Resources ◽

South Asian ◽

Asian Countries

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Technology and Economic Growth: Role of Financial Development in South Asian Countries

Review of Economics and Development Studies ◽

10.26710/reads.v5i2.605 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 323-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Imran Sharif Chaudhry ◽

Samina Sabir ◽

Fatima Gulzar

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Financial Development ◽

South Asian ◽

Method Of Moment ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Development Technology ◽

Generalized Method Of Moment ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth ◽

The Impact

Financial development plays an instrumental role in the process of economic growth and development through mobilization of savings and creating investment opportunities. Financial development also leads to enhance the level of technology by providing finance to entrepreneurs for technological innovations which leads to economic growth. This study examines the impact of financial development and technology on economic growth of selected South Asian countries over the time span 1984-2017. Due to endogeneity problem, the empirical model used in the study is estimated by System Generalized Method of Moment (System GMM). Empirical results indicated that financial development, technology and human capital have positive and significant impact on economic growth in developing South Asian countries. To attain a sustainable economic growth, South Asian countries should put their efforts to develop their financial market that stimulates economic growth by providing finance to entrepreneurs for innovations.

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Decomposing the Role of Different Factors in CO2 Emissions Increase in South Asia

Studies in Business and Economics ◽

10.2478/sbe-2019-0006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 72-86

Author(s):

Monika Gupta

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

South Asian ◽

Decomposition Analysis ◽

High Growth ◽

Growth Potential ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Emissions Intensity ◽

Sustainable Economic Growth

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to determine the role of different important factors responsible for CO2 emissions increase in South Asia. Decomposition analysis has been done to see the factors which are primarily responsible for changes in CO2 emissions. Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index is used to quantify the role of different important factors in CO2 emissions increase during 1980 to 2014 in seven major South Asian countries - Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The analysis shows that income effect and population effect are the major determinants in the increase in per capita emissions whereas fuel intensity and in few cases, emissions intensity has a negative effect in emissions increase in most of these countries. Due to high growth potential, emerging trend and rich resource endowments, it is suggested that South Asian countries should accelerate their efforts and cooperate to reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption. This will help to attain sustainable economic growth in future.

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