Subject(s): Rural development -- Economic development in South Asia in Congresses. -- infrastructure (Economics) in South Asia in Congresses. -- Accelerating rural growth and empowering the rural poor : Government interventions in agriculture sector in Pakistan, development of rural non farm sector in India, efficiency of Samurdhi program in accelerating rural growth in Sri Lanka, evaluating poverty-gender nexus in Bangladesh -- Investing in the social sector : Quiet revolution- need to invest in education sector in India, impact of education expenditure on economic growth of Bangladesh- error correction and causality approach, investment in social sector- necessities and outcomes in context of SAARC and Nepal, non- communicable diseases and urban poor- role of private sector, role of social sector in efforts to eradicate poverty -- Improving the quality of physical infrastructure : Access to safe drinking water and sanitation of poor in Bangladesh, infrastructural constraints on agricultural productivity, case of traffic congestion in Mumbai, improving the quality of transport infrastructure case of Sri Lankan railways -- Accountability, institutions and economic growth : Do institutions matter for economic growth in Bangladesh, development due to democracy, 13th amendment to constitution and its impact on Sri Lanka's economic growth, corruption- analysis of food security policies of India, privatization of banks in Pakistan