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- catalog abstract ""This book presents an analysis of endemic deprivation in India, and of the role of public action in addressing that problem. The analysis is based on a broad view of economic development, focusing on human well-being and social opportunity rather than on the standard indicators of economic growth." "India's success in reducing endemic deprivation since Independence has been quite limited. Recent diagnoses of this failure of policy have concentrated on the counterproductive role of government regulation, and on the need for economic incentives to accelerate the growth of the economy. This book argues that an assessment of India's failure to eliminate basic deprivations has to go beyond this limited focus, and to take note of the role played in that failure by inadequate public involvement in the promotion of basic education, health care, social security, and related entitlements. Even the fostering of fast and participatory economic growth requires some basic social change, which is not addressed by liberalization and economic incentives alone. The authors also discuss the historical antecedents of these political and social neglects, including the distortion of policy priorities arising from inequalities of political power. The book considers the scope for public action to address these earlier biases and achieve a transformation of policy priorities."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b8522558.
- catalog contributor b8522559.
- catalog coverage "India Economic conditions 1947-".
- catalog coverage "India Social conditions 1947-".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""This book presents an analysis of endemic deprivation in India, and of the role of public action in addressing that problem. The analysis is based on a broad view of economic development, focusing on human well-being and social opportunity rather than on the standard indicators of economic growth." "India's success in reducing endemic deprivation since Independence has been quite limited. Recent diagnoses of this failure of policy have concentrated on the counterproductive role of government regulation, and on the need for economic incentives to accelerate the growth of the economy. This book argues that an assessment of India's failure to eliminate basic deprivations has to go beyond this limited focus, and to take note of the role played in that failure by inadequate public involvement in the promotion of basic education, health care, social security, and related entitlements. Even the fostering of fast and participatory economic growth requires some basic social change, which is not addressed by liberalization and economic incentives alone. The authors also discuss the historical antecedents of these political and social neglects, including the distortion of policy priorities arising from inequalities of political power. The book considers the scope for public action to address these earlier biases and achieve a transformation of policy priorities."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-278) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 292 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "India, economic development and social opportunity.".
- catalog identifier "0198290128".
- catalog isFormatOf "India, economic development and social opportunity.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "India, economic development and social opportunity.".
- catalog spatial "India Economic conditions 1947-".
- catalog spatial "India Social conditions 1947-".
- catalog subject "305.0954 20".
- catalog subject "HC435.2 .D73 1995".
- catalog subject "India".
- catalog subject "Inequality".
- catalog title "India : economic development and social opportunity / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen.".
- catalog type "text".