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Human development in India : challenges for a society in transition / by Sonalde Desai ... [et al.].

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Human development in India : challenges for a society in transition / by Sonalde Desai ... [et al.].
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Desai, Sonalde.
Description
234 p.; 28 cm.
Summary
  • India's rapid economic expansion has raised global interest in its complex society and the continued growth that has touched the ordinary citizen. This report highlights how poverty and affluence intersect with age-old divisions of regional inequalities, gender, caste, and religion that have long structured human development in India. Together, these economic and social forces shape every facet of Indians' lives--children's education, health and medical care, social relationships, the care of older generations, and their entry into, or exclusion from, important social connections. Built on the results from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) of over 41,500 households, this report informs a wide range of contemporary debates and policy challenges. It goes beyond the usual tabulations of national statistics to.
  • Human Development in India is an invaluable report for policymakers, researchers, non-governmental organizations, international agencies, and interested readers--from India and abroad--who wish to know more about one of the fastest growing economies in the world. --Book Jacket.
Subject
  • Social change > India
  • India > Social conditions > 1947-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-234.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Income, poverty, and inequality -- Agriculture -- Employment -- Household assets and amenities -- Education -- Health and medical care -- Child well-being -- Well-being of the older population -- gender and family dynamics -- Social integration and exclusion -- Villages in a global world -- Social safety nets in India -- Appendix I : IHDS : the design -- Appendix II : chapter organization and definition of variables.
ISBN
  • 9780198065128 (hbk.)
  • 0198065124 (hbk.)
OCLC
501394984
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library