This special issue mainly presents the work of a number of Japanese scholars working on the South Asian economic development. The articles were originally presented at the Edinburgh-Kobe dialogue on the Economic Development in South Asia held in Edinburgh in May 2018 and organised by the Heriot-Watt University and the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration at Kobe University, Japan. The dialogue was funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education (via Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) *17H01652), and we are deeply grateful to the ministry for their generous support.

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介绍

本期特刊主要介绍了许多日本学者为南亚经济发展所做的工作。这些文章最初是在2018年5月在爱丁堡举行的爱丁堡-神户关于南亚经济发展的对话中提出的，由Heriot-Watt大学和日本神户大学经济与工商管理研究所组织。对话由日本教育部提供资金（通过科研补助金（A）* 17H01652），我们对日本经济省的慷慨支持深表感谢。