Inclusiveness in India A Strategy for Growth and Equality [Hardcover]

This bookexamines inclusive growth in a range of social and economic areas in India, including physical infrastructure, vulnerable sections of the population and underdeveloped states. It provides a comprehensive study of disparity and deepens insight into understanding processes of economic and social development.INTRODUCTION: Inclusive Growth in India:?A Challenging Strategy for Growth and Equality; S.Hirashima, H.Oda & Y.Tsujita PART I: GROWTH POVERTY LINKAGE AND INCOME-ASSET DISPARITY IN THE INCLUSIVE GROWTH STRATEGIES Infrastructure, Economic Growth and Inter-State Disparity in India; H.Oda Change in Land Distribution and Non-Agricultural Growth in India; S.Hirashima & K.Kubo Financial Inclusion and Poverty Alleviation in India: An Empirical Analysis Using State-wise Data; T.Inoue PART II: DISPARITY IN ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES Health Inequality in India: Results from NSS Data; S.Ito Implications of Migration and Schooling for Urban Educational Disparity: A Study of Delhi Slum Children; Y.Tsujita PART III: ISSUES OF WEAKER SECTIONS IN INCLUSIVE GROWTH STRATEGY Electric Light and Minorities: The Provision of Semi-Public Goods to Weaker Sections in India; N.Kondo Challenges for Inclusive Sustained Employment: An Attempt to Organise Female Embroidery Homeoworkers in Delhi; M.Murayama PART VI: PERSPECTIVES FOR OVERCOMING UNDERDEVELOPMENT: A CASE OF BIHAR Historical Origins of Underdevelopment and a Captured Democracy: An Analytical Narrative of Bihar; K.Minato Inter-State Disparity in India and Development Strategies for Backward States; P.P.GhoshPRABHAT P. GHOSH Professor, Asian Development Research Institute, Patna, IndiaTAKESHI INOUE Associate Senior Research Fellow, Area Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, JapanSEIRO ITO Director, Development Strategies Studies Group, Development Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, JapanNORIO KONDO Director, South Asian Studies Group, Institute of Developing Economies,lc0