Indian Development Selected Regional Perspectives [Hardcover]

India is a country of extreme economic and social diversity, and the performances of Indian states in eliminating basic deprivations are remarkably disparate. This book, a companion volume to Dr?ze's and Sen'sIndia: Economic Development and Social Opportunity(OUP 1996), draws lessons from this diversity through three case studies (of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Kerala) and two national overviews that look at socio-economic policy and demographic indicators.

Preface
Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms,Amartya Sen
Mortality, Fertility, and Gender Bias in India,Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dr?ze
Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia,Jean Dr?ze and Haris Gazdar
Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal,Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar
Kerala's Development Achievements,V. K. Ramachandran

Sen is Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is a former Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University, and a former Delegate to the Press. He is President of the American Economic Association, and a past president of both the Econometric Society and the International Economic Association. In 1990 he was awarded the Giovanni Agnelli Prize for the promotion of the understanding of ethical issues in modern society.