{"product_id":"the-service-revolution-in-south-asia-9780198065111","title":"The Service Revolution in South Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume explores the alternative opportunities that the service revolution opens up for developing countries, focusing in particular on the South Asian experience of rapid growth and poverty reduction led by services.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's services revolution has dazzled businesses in the rich world, turning Indian companies into global competitors and backwater cities such as Hyderabad into affluent, sophisticated technology centres. Yet economists have been less star-struck, clinging to the received wisdom that has prevailed since the industrial revolution: modernization runs from agriculture through manufacturing and only later to services.... That conventional wisdom is now under fire, in a book edited by Ejaz Ghani of the World Bank.... The authors argue that technology and outsourcing are enabling services to overcome their former handicaps.... And that is precisely what seems to be happening. * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, AND BOXES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. ; THE SERVICE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH ASIA:  AN OVERVIEW; ; PART I: ROLE OF SERVICE IN DEVELOPMENT; ; 1.  Is Service-led Growth a Miracle for South Asia?; ; 2. The Role of the Service Sector in Economic Growth and Employment Generation in South Asia; ; 3. New Economic Geography, Services and South Asia; Part II: Service Exports ; 4. Software Production: Globalization and Its Implications for South Asia; ; 5.  Migration and Remittances in South Asia; Part III: Infrastructure ; 6. Education and Growth of Services; ; 7. . South Asian Telecommunications Development and the Role of Regional Cooperation; ; 8. Air Transport Liberalization in South Asia: Impacts on Airline Performance, Logistics Performance, International Traffic Flows and Tourism","brand":"OUP India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48883844153687,"sku":"9780198065111","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-service-revolution-in-south-asia-9780198065111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}