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Hard-cover • 2012
Pages: 374
ISBN: 9788171889525
US$69.95
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Academic Foundation

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

 


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