Indian Development
Selected Regional Perspectives
Published on 27. February 2020
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448 pages
978-0-19-886016-7 (ISBN)
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India is a country of great diversity. The commonly used indicators of 'quality of life' (such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy) vary tremendously between the different states, rivalling international contrasts between very low performing countries and very high achieving ones.
This volume of essays reflects an attempt to draw lessons from the disparate experiences within India, rather than from contrasts with the experiences of other countries. It supplements Dreze and Sen's India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, which studies what we can learn from international comparisons of policies, actions, and achievements.
India is a country of great diversity. The commonly used indicators of 'quality of life' (such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy) vary tremendously between the different states, rivalling international contrasts between very low performing countries and very high achieving ones.
This volume of essays reflects an attempt to draw lessons from the disparate experiences within India, rather than from contrasts with the experiences of other countries. It supplements Dreze and Sen's India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, which studies what we can learn from international comparisons of policies, actions, and achievements.
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Review from previous edition This is an outstanding survey of some key differences and lessons, within India, concerning some crucial components of human development and self-esteem. The writing is clear and readily accessible to non-specialists * Times Higher Education Supplement *More details
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English
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Oxford
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978-0-19-886016-7 (9780198860167)
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Jean Dreze, development economist, has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently Visiting Professor at Ranchi University. He has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public policy, with special reference to India. He is co-author (with Amartya Sen) of Hunger and Public Action (Oxford University Press, 1989), An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin, 2013), and Sense and Solidarity (OUP: 2019).
Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Content
1: Amartya Sen: Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms
2: Jean Dreze and Haris Gazdar: Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia
3: Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar: Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal
4: V.K. Ramachandran: On Kerala's Development Achievements
5: Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dreze: Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis
2: Jean Dreze and Haris Gazdar: Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia
3: Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar: Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal
4: V.K. Ramachandran: On Kerala's Development Achievements
5: Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dreze: Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis