Subject(s): Social policy. -- Economic policy. -- State of human development : Human deprivation, poverty profile of south Asia, human security under siege, globalization and east Asian crisis -- Human governance- conceptual framework : Human governance, good political governance, good economic governance, good civic governance, measuring human governance, south Asia's crisis of governance, humane governance index -- Political dimensions of governance : Sovereign, south Asia, decentralized governance, failure of institutions, legislature, civil service, judiciary, good political governance -- Economic dimensions of governance : Giant's robe, fiscal dilemma, origins of crisis, development wasteland, burden of adjustment -- Corruption menace : Price corruption, corruption equation, entrenched corruption, anti-corruption revolution -- Social costs of poor governance : Life, liberty and exclusion, governance that excludes -- Governance by civil society : Civil soceity for good cibic governance, primary of human rights, opening spaces for civic engagement -- Quest of humane governance : Agenda for human governance, facilitating change