India, Some Aspects of Economic and Social Development: The CESS Silver Jubilee LecturesAcademic Foundation, 2008 - 316 pagini Agricultural issues, governance and growth, and universities are just a few of the topics covered by a plethora of well-known, international scholars in this volume on the diverse and growing country of India. Contributor essays are organized into five main categories: social issues, which include higher education and human development; a comparison of India and China development paths; a comparison of Indian fiscal federalism; employment and poverty; and recent issues in agriculture. |
Cuprins
Overview | 13 |
Universities as Public Institutions | 31 |
Minimal Visible Inequality is Human Development | 47 |
Governance and Growth | 59 |
A Comparison | 91 |
Emerging Challenges | 101 |
Trends in Employment Unemployment | 117 |
Concepts and Definitions | 175 |
Chronically Poor Transient Poor | 211 |
Lumbering Elephant or Running Tiger? | 213 |
A Stronger Social Dimension for Globalisation | 237 |
From the Green Revolution to the Gene | 257 |
Fragmenting Bottom and Consolidating | 275 |
EditorsContributors | 301 |
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Protecting the Poor against Risk through | 189 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
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