Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Highlights -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1. Objectives -- 1.2. Methodology -- 1.3. Organization of the Study -- 2 Development Performance -- 2.1. Overview of the Economy -- 2.2. Recent Trends in Poverty and Inequality -- 3 Critical Constraints to Growth -- 3.1. Cost of Finance -- 3.2. Social Returns to Investments -- 3.3. Appropriability of Returns to Investments -- 4 Critical Constraints to Inclusiveness of Growth -- 4.1. Employment Opportunities -- 4.2. Human Capabilities -- 4.3 Leveling the Playing Fields -- 4.4 Social Safety Nets -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Summary, Policy Implications, and the Way Forward -- 5.1. Critical Constraints to Inclusive Economic Growth -- 5.2. Policy Recommendations -- 5.3. Special Focus on Agriculture, Broad-based Employment, Environmentally Sound Development, the Private Sector, and Civil Society -- 5.4. The Way Forward -- Bibliography and References.