South Asia Needs to Refocus on Education and Health: ADB Report.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 July 2007-Asian Development Bank: South Asia Needs to Refocus on Education and Health: ADB Report(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30072007 MANILA, PHILIPPINES - South Asian countries must meet the rapidly changing educational and health needs of their people if the region is to remain an engine of economic growth in Asia and the rest of the world, a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says.

The South Asia Economic Report, the second in a series of biannual reports on economic and development issues in South Asia, confirms that the region remains on a solid track of high economic expansion led by India. Still, at the same time, South Asia is undergoing momentous changes driven by global and regional trends, which are...