02978nam a2200361 a 4500 30314 BD-RjUL 20211209051538.0 140409r20121998ii ab b 00100 eng d 019564459X 9780195644593 (BD-RjUL)30399 DLC eng DLC BD-RjUL eng 338.954 21 IND 2012 Indian development : selected regional perspectives / editors, Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 [Impression 2012]. xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. UNU/WIDER studies in development economics "A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)." Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-406) and indexes. 1. Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms / Amartya Sen. 1. Ends, Means and Practical Reason. 2. Regional Diversities and Contrasts. 3. Intrinsic Value and Instrumental Role of Human Capabilities. 4. On Learning from Others and from India. 5. Counterproductive Regulations and Necessary Reforms. 6. India and China: Comparisons and Contrasts. 7. India's Educational Backwardness and Lessons of Kerala. 8. The Economic Handicap of Educational Backwardness. 9. The Role of Pre-reform China in its Post-reform Success. 10. Economic Development through Social Opportunity. 11. The Need for a Bigger Departure -- 2. Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia /Jean Dreze and Haris Gazdar. 1. Introduction. 2. Living Conditions in Uttar Pradesh. 3. Schooling in Uttar Pradesh: A Field Investigation. 4. Public Policy and Schooling Decisions. 5. The Burden of Inertia. 6. Concluding Remarks -- 3. Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal / Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar. 1. Why Look at Rural West Bengal? 2. Political Economy of the Reform Programme. 3. Impact on Livelihoods. 4. Change and Stagnation. 5. Beyond the Agrarian Agenda -- 4. On Kerala's Development Achievements / V. K. Ramachandran. 1. Introduction. 2. Background. 3. Kerala's Health Achievements. 4. Literacy in Kerala. 5. Aspects of Caste and Gender Relations in Kerala. 6. Agrarian Change. 7. Agents of Change. 8. Conclusions -- 5. Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District-level Analysis / Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio and Jean Dreze. 1. Introduction. 2. Issues and Hypotheses. 3. Data and Estimation. 4. Basic Results. 5. Further Results and Extensions. 6. Discussion. India Economic conditions 1947- 92150 India Social conditions, 1947- 92151 Dreze, Jean. 80677 Sen, Amartya, 1933- 5662 World Institute for Development Economics Research. 92152 Studies in development economics 92155 ddc BK 30314 30314 0 0 ddc 0 1 NFIC RUCL RUCL Reading 2014-03-29 Dhaka, Trim Education 703.00 0 338.954 IND 2012 2014-04-09 00:00:00 C-1 2014-04-09 BK