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Growth, equity, environment, and population : economic and sociological perspectives /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chopra, Kanchan Ratna, Hanumantha Rao, C. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : Sage Publications, 2008.
Colección:Studies in economic and social development ; no. 59.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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