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Growth, equity, environment, and population : economic and sociological perspectives / edited by Kanchan Chopra, C.H. Hanumantha Rao.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in economic and social development ; no. 59.
- Studies in economic and social development ; no. 59
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--India.
- Economic development.
- Regional disparities--India.
- Regional disparities.
- Free trade--India.
- Free trade.
- India--Economic policy--1991-.
- India.
- India--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (486 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In India the process of modernization and development was initiated in the early. 1950s, bringing in its fold a number of issues. This book discusses and analyzes. from an economic and social perspective some of these vital concerns-growth,. equity, environment and human resources. It is a collection of the work of researchers. at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), inspired by the forthcoming Golden. Jubilee Year of the IEG. The essays in the volume employ sophisticated quantitative. techniques in the analyses, thereby enhancing the quality of the subject matter. The volume will prove imm
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgement; Acknowledgements for Publishers; Introduction and Overview; Domestic and External Shocks and their Impact on Economic Growth; The Optimal Level of Interest Rate in Emerging Economies: Evidence from East Asia; Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Exchange Rate Dynamics in India: Some Survey Results; MNE Affi liation, Firm Size and Exports Revisited: A Study of Information Technology Firms in India; Import Liberalization and Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing Industries in the 1990s; Small-scale Units in the Era of Globalisation: Problems and Prospects
- The State of Indian Agriculture and Prospects for the FutureTrade Liberalization and Diversification in Indian Agriculture; Implications of Trade Liberalisation for the Livestock Sector; Regional Divergence in India during the Era of Liberalization: A Sectoral Decomposition; Growing Regional Disparities in Development in India-Post-Reform Experience and Challenges Ahead; The Idea of Gender Equality: From Legislative Vision to Everyday Family Practice; Environment Development Linkages: Modelling a Wetland System for Ecological and Economic Value
- Measuring Environmental Efficiency of Industry: A Case Study of Thermal Power Generation in IndiaA Microeconometric Analysis of Household Extraction of Forest Biomass Goods in Ranthambhore National Park, India; The Dream Machine: The Model Development Project and the Remaking of the State; Fertility, MCH-Care and Poverty in India: Simultaneous Structural Analysis; Obstetric Risk and Obstetric Care in Central India; Informal Sector, Networks and Intra-City Variations in Activities: Findings from Delhi Slums; Arresting Out-Migration: Some Policy Considerations for Uttaranchal
- Ageing, Activities of Daily Living Disabilities and the Need for Public Health Initiatives: Some Evidence from a Household Survey in DelhiAn Analysis of Recurrent Costs of the Free ART Programme of the Government of India; The Sociology of Hinduism: Combining the Book and Field Views; The Family in Offi cial Discourse: International Programmes and National Perspectives in India and China; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-96369-0
- 9786611963699
- 81-321-0033-6
- OCLC:
- 437087357
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