South Asia: The challenges we face

... countries have developed more inclusive growth i.e. growth based on equality of opportunity, as the core of their economic policy. Environmentally Sustainable development: Another major side effect of Asia's rapid growth is the damage it has caused to the environment.... ... agricultural land is due to both the exploitation for profit and the ignorance of good practices. Isolated, rogue regimes such as Burma exploit timber, oil, and mineral resources to support their governments. Poor farmers across Asia use improper irrigation ...