The Land Question in Urban Development

Devendra B. Gupta is currently a Senior Consultant at NCAER, New Delhi. He was associated with the Institute of Economic Growth (Professor of Economics and Director, Population Research Centre); Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (S.P. Jain Chair), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (HDFC Chair); Planning Commission (Advisor-Urban Development). He has been consultant with the World Bank, UNICEF, ESCAP, ILO-ARTEP, DFID, WHO. He has held visiting positions at Yale, Hull University (England), and Hitotsubashi (Japan). His primary areas of interest include: econometric modelling, health and housing, water and sanitation, urban and land economics, small industry and development economics. He holds MA both in Economics and Economic Statistics from Delhi School of Economics, and PhD from the University of Birmingham.

Shashanka Bhide is currently Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. He was earlier Senior Research Counsellor at National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi. He was also Professor and RBI Chair at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore in 2003-04. He has published widely in academic and professional forums. His research interests have included issues relating to agriculture, infrastructure and macroeconomic modelling. While at NCAER, he led a major study on land pooling and development models for Delhi.