S R Osmani
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S R Osmani |
| GIVEN NAMES | S R |
| FAMILY NAME | Osmani |
| SIGNATURE | OSMANI S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Political Economy of Policy Response to Covid-19
This paper examines the response of the Government of Bangladesh to COVID-19 from a political economy lens. We argue that the support package implemented by the government had a distinct bias that went against the interests of the poorer segments of the society but conformed neatly with the government’s quest for political legitimacy. Our analysis finds that the economic support package designed and implemented by the government was heavily biase…
The creative wealth of nations
Coping with Covid-19 from the Capability Perspective
Faced with cruel dilemmas posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many developing countries have been reluctant to impose a strict shutdown, and even when they did they have tended to relax it prematurely. This is a manifestation of the way most policymakers continue to be guided by the single-minded pursuit of economic growth even if at the cost of human misery. This paper argues that there is a better way of handling the pandemic – one that places huma…
Socio-economic development in South Asia
The story of South Asia is a topsy-turvy one. Soon after independence from British rule, the region seemed to have a much better prospect than many other parts of the Third World; the prospects soon dimmed, however, as South Asia crawled while East and Southeast Asia galloped away. But a large part of the region seems finally to have turned a corner and is looking forward to a much better future—in terms of both growth and human development—than …
Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural Bangladesh
Theory of Justice for an Imperfect World
Employment and Human Development
The hidden penalties of gender inequality
Is There a Conflict Between Growth and Welfarism? The Significance of the Sri Lanka Debate
This article seeks to derive some general lessons regarding the relationship between growth and welfarism by undertaking a reassessment of Sri Lanka's long experience with interventions in social spheres. While Sri Lanka has been hailed by many for pursuing the welfarist strategy with apparently spectacular results, several critics have recently suggested that she would have been better off by diverting resources away from welfare interventions t…
Wage determination in rural labour markets
Wage determination in rural labour markets
Theory of Justice for an Imperfect World
Is There a Conflict Between Growth and Welfarism? The Significance of the Sri Lanka Debate
This article seeks to derive some general lessons regarding the relationship between growth and welfarism by undertaking a reassessment of Sri Lanka's long experience with interventions in social spheres. While Sri Lanka has been hailed by many for pursuing the welfarist strategy with apparently spectacular results, several critics have recently suggested that she would have been better off by diverting resources away from welfare interventions t…
Wage determination in rural labour markets
Is There a Conflict Between Growth and Welfarism? The Significance of the Sri Lanka Debate
This article seeks to derive some general lessons regarding the relationship between growth and welfarism by undertaking a reassessment of Sri Lanka's long experience with interventions in social spheres. While Sri Lanka has been hailed by many for pursuing the welfarist strategy with apparently spectacular results, several critics have recently suggested that she would have been better off by diverting resources away from welfare interventions t…
The hidden penalties of gender inequality
Employment and Human Development
Theory of Justice for an Imperfect World
Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural Bangladesh
Socio-economic development in South Asia
The story of South Asia is a topsy-turvy one. Soon after independence from British rule, the region seemed to have a much better prospect than many other parts of the Third World; the prospects soon dimmed, however, as South Asia crawled while East and Southeast Asia galloped away. But a large part of the region seems finally to have turned a corner and is looking forward to a much better future—in terms of both growth and human development—than …
Coping with Covid-19 from the Capability Perspective
Faced with cruel dilemmas posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many developing countries have been reluctant to impose a strict shutdown, and even when they did they have tended to relax it prematurely. This is a manifestation of the way most policymakers continue to be guided by the single-minded pursuit of economic growth even if at the cost of human misery. This paper argues that there is a better way of handling the pandemic – one that places huma…
The creative wealth of nations
The Political Economy of Policy Response to Covid-19
This paper examines the response of the Government of Bangladesh to COVID-19 from a political economy lens. We argue that the support package implemented by the government had a distinct bias that went against the interests of the poorer segments of the society but conformed neatly with the government’s quest for political legitimacy. Our analysis finds that the economic support package designed and implemented by the government was heavily biase…
Economics (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Poverty (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Biology (2 works)