Growth, Disparities and Inclusive Development in India: Perspectives from the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh

The book critically examines the high growth trajectory in India, particularly since the late 1980s, a period which is characterized by increasing inequality. Through various studies from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh — a state more populous than Brazil and with a GDP comparable to Bangladesh — it sheds light on the link between growth and inequality in emerging economies. The slow pace of any upward movement in terms of various development indicators in low-income Indian states is due ...