World Bank South Asia Economic Update 2010: Moving Up, Looking East

The World Bank South Asia Economic Update 2010 is the World Bank's comprehensive review of the region's economies. In this first pilot edition, the Bank finds that the region experienced the least reduction in growth during the crisis compared to other developing regions, a result of resilient remittances and exports. It is now rebounding back to strong growth at nearly precrisis levels, based on domestic demand, consumption, and strong  policy support, driving greater optimism. Given ongoing global rebalancing, and complementary economic structures and specialization possibilities, the special theme of this South Asia Economic Update is faster integration with East Asia and other emerging markets as engines of future growth.