Inclusiveness in India: A Strategy for Growth and Equality

by S. Hirashima (Editor), H. Oda (Editor), Y. Tsujita (Editor)

Overview

This bookexamines 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349331413
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Series:	IDE-JETRO Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 2011
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

PRABHAT P. GHOSH Professor, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna, India TAKESHI INOUE Associate Senior Research Fellow, Area Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan SEIRO ITO Director, Development Strategies Studies Group, Development Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan NORIO KONDO Director, South Asian Studies Group, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan KENSUKE KUBO Associate Senior Research Fellow, Development Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan KAZUKI MINATO Research Fellow, Area Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan MAYUMI MURAYAMA Senior Research Fellow, Area Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan

Table of Contents

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 TO SOCIAL 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 SECTIONS IN 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