Inclusiveness in India: a strategy for growth and equality

This book examines Inclusive Growth in a range of social and economic areas in India, including physical infrastructure, vulnerable sections of the population and underdeveloped states. It provides a comprehensive study of disparity and deepens insight into understanding processes of economic and social development. SHIGEMOCHI HIRASHIMA is Professor Emeritus at Meiji-Gakuin University, Japan. He also serves as Professor at Nihon Fukushi University, Japan, and as Visiting Senior Advisor at JICA, Japan. His research interests include land and water in development economics and the economics of international commodities. . HISAYA ODA is Professor in the Faculty of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. His research interests are in economic development, migration theory, and South Asian area studies. He serves as a member of the international advisory board of the 'Journal of Humanity and Social Sciences' (University ofKarachi, Pakistan). . YUKO TSUJITA is an Associate Senior Research Fellow at IDE-JETRO, Japan. Her research interests include education, migration and urban development. She is currently a member of editorial board of 'Ajia Keizai' (Asian Economies). INDICE: INTRODUCTION: Inclusive Growth in India: A Challenging Strategy for Growth and Equality; 'S.Hirashima, H.Oda '&' Y.Tsujita' - PART I: GROWTH POVERTY LINKAGE AND INCOME-ASSET DISPARITY IN THE INCLUSIVE GROWTH STRATEGIES - Infrastructure, Economic Growth and Inter-State Disparity in India; 'H.Oda - 'Change in Land Distribution and Non-Agricultural Growth in India; 'S.Hirashima'&' K.Kubo - 'Financial Inclusion and Poverty Alleviation in India: An Empirical Analysis Using State-wise Data; 'T.Inoue' - PART II: DISPARITY IN ACCESS TOSOCIAL SERVICES - Health Inequality in India: Results from NSS Data; 'S.Ito' - Implications of Migration and Schooling for Urban Educational Disparity: A Study of Delhi Slum Children; 'Y.Tsujita' - PART III: ISSUES OF WEAKER SECTIONSIN INCLUSIVE GROWTH STRATEGY - Electric Light and Minorities: The Provision of Semi-Public Goods to Weaker Sections in India; 'N.Kondo' - Challenges for Inclusive Sustained Employment: An Attempt to Organise Female Embroidery Homeoworkers in Delhi; 'M.Murayama' - PART VI: PERSPECTIVES FOR OVERCOMING UNDERDEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF BIHAR - Historical Origins of Underdevelopment and a Captured Democracy: An Analytical Narrative of Bihar; 'K.Minato' - Inter-State Disparity in India and Development Strategies for Backward States; 'P.P.Ghosh' -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29023-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 22/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés