Inclusiveness in India: a strategy for growth and equality

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.Ghosh

This book examines 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