Growth, Inequality and Social Development in India - Is Inclusive Growth Possible?

With six essays exploring different aspects of economic growth, poverty, inequality and social security, this book offers a critical perspective on India's development experience since independence. Incisive and empirically rich, the book opens up new vistas in development discourse and informs current policy debates.

List of contents

Introduction Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction; R.Nagaraj Economic Development and Inequalities; M.H.Suryanarayana Social Protection Policies, Experiences and Challenges; G.Sen & D.Rajasekhar Rethinking Reforms: A New Vision for the Social Sector in India; P.S.Vijay Shankar & M.Shah Organised Interests, Development Strategies and Social Policies; V.Chibber State and Redistributive Development in India; A.Kohli

About the author

RAYAPROLU NAGARAJ is Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, and has previously held positions as Visiting Professor at Princeton University, New Jersey, and Hosei University, Tokyo. Previous publications include Aspects of India's Economic Growth and Reforms (2006).

Summary

With six essays exploring different aspects of economic growth, poverty, inequality and social security, this book offers a critical perspective on India's development experience since independence. Incisive and empirically rich, the book opens up new vistas in development discourse and informs current policy debates.

Product details

• Authors: R Nagaraj, R. Nagaraj, Rayaprolu Nagaraj
• Assisted by: Nagaraj (Editor), R Nagaraj (Editor), R. Nagaraj (Editor), Rayaprolu Nagaraj (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349433407
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43340-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction; Poverty and Development; Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business; B, Economic Policy, macroeconomics, Economic development, Political Economy, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Development policy, Monetary Economics, Management science, International Political Economy, Development Studies, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’, development;Economic Development;economic growth;growth