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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.India is a country of great diversity. The commonly used indicators of ''quality of life'' (such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy) vary tremendously between the different states, rivalling international contrasts between very low performing countries and very high achieving ones.This volume of essays reflects an attempt to draw lessons from the disparate experiences within India, rather than from contrasts with the experiences of other countries. It supplements Dréze and Sen''s India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, which studies what we can learn from international comparisons of policies, actions, and achievements.
Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This is an outstanding survey of some key differences and lessons, within India, concerning some crucial components of human development and self-esteem. The writing is clear and readily accessible to non-specialists * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Table of Contents1: Amartya Sen: Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms 2: Jean Dréze and Haris Gazdar: Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia 3: Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar: Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal 4: V.K. Ramachandran: On Kerala's Development Achievements 5: Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dréze: Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis
