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Hard-cover

• 2012

Pages: 374

ISBN: 9788171889525

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India Emerging

The Reality Checks

Veena Jha

In association with IDRC, Canada

Praise for this book

' Dr Veena Jha is a brilliant economist who is exploring in this book the links between growth and inequality, throwing light on the question whether growth has been inclusive in recent experience. The book is important and should be read by all development economists.'
— Prof Jagdish Bhagwati
Economics Department, Columbia University, USA

About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

Veena Jha is the Director, Maguru Consultants Limited, U.K., and is currently engaged in working on issues related to trade, climate change, food security, effects of fiscal stimulus packages on employment at the global level and on inclusive growth issues. She was a visiting professorial fellow at Warwick University, U.K., and a Research Fellow at International Development Research Centre (IDRC). She wrote this book during this period. She worked for the United Nations and its specialised organisations for over 20 years. She has published twelve books and served as an expert on several advisory boards in India and abroad.

Contents in detail:


	List of Tables and Figures
	Preface
	Introduction

	Part I

1.	Role of ICTs and its Trickle-Down Effects
	on India’s Economic Emergence
	Introduction Is IT a GPT in India Modelling ICT as a GPT ICT and Poverty Multiplier Effects of IT and ITES Mobile Telephony and its Trickle Down Conclusions and Recommendations

2.	Inter-State Migration and Trickle-Down Effect
	Introduction Theories of Migration How do these Theories Apply to India Effects of Migration: Reviewing Contrasting Views Convergence between States and Whether Inter-State Migration has a Role to Play Factors Determining Trickle Down through Inter-State Migration: A Case Study-based Approach Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

	Part II

3.	Trickling Down Growth through the Informal Sector:
	Can Asset Formation Trickle Up Growth
	Informal Sector in the Developing World Growth, Poverty and the Informal Sector: Reviewing Contrasting Points of Views on the Informal Economy in India Economic Growth and Structural Changes in the Indian Informal Sector Factors that Determine Informal Sector Asset Building and Incomes Initiatives of the Government of India for Improving Skill Development and Infrastructure of the Informal Economy Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

4.	Trickle Up Growth through Gender Parity
	Introduction Operational Concepts of Gender Parity Trickling Up Growth through Gender Parity India’s Growth Experience and Gender Equality Examining Correlations between Gender Equality and Growth Examining Gender Parity in Education and Health with Growth Gender and Poverty Conclusions and Options

	Part III

5.	Can Philanthropy Accelerate Trickling Down
	Introduction History of Philanthropic Traditions in India An Analysis of Philanthropic Point Sources of Information Models of Philanthropy in India Intermediary Philanthropy Organisations Legal Provisions for Philanthropy Is Trickle Down Accelerated through Philanthropy? Conclusions and a Way Forward

6.	Governance Issues and Public Policy in Trickle Down
	What is Good Governance? Surveys on Good Governance in India So What is Going Wrong in India? Why Government Policies have not Accelerated Trickle Down: Political and Administrative Rent-Seeking The Legal Framework for Poverty Alleviation and Greater Accountability Is Funding for Social Services Delivery Adequate? Third Party Evaluations of the Various Government Programmes in India Nutrition Programmes Author Survey of the Anganwadi Scheme National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) Author Survey of NREGA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Achieving Gender Parity Problems in Monitoring Government Programmes Learning from Successful Examples of Social Service Delivery Governance Indicators and Poverty Alleviation: A Business-based Approach What should be done to Stimulate the Private Sector to Share in the Delivery of Public Services Conclusions

7.	Conclusions
	How Growth can Trickle Down How Growth can Trickle Up How can Trickle Down and Trickle Up be Assisted