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Title Development and deprivation in Indian sub-continent / edited by Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal
Published London : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 446 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Part 1. Poverty, development and financial inclusion. Financial inclusion, poverty and growth in the North-Eastern region of India -- Deficit financing, crowding out and economic growth : Bangladesh perspective -- A regional and state-wise comparative analysis of directed credit program in India -- Strengthening financial inclusion in rural and urban India -- Microfinance intervention and millennium development goals : observations from global data -- Is NREGS a self immune programme? : A study of West Bengal -- A review of synergy between MGNREGA and agriculture in the north-eastern states of India -- Part 2. Poverty and inequality. Poverty and levels of living in India : a state level analysis -- Dimension and incidence of poverty among the urban S.C. population of Barpeta, Assam -- Gender inequalities and human development, with special references to Assam -- Economic inequality of the native and non-native in a selected district of Assam -- Information technology industry : a driver of socio-economic inequity and a catastrophic psychological transformer? -- What does poverty mean to the poor? Some reflections based on case studies in Pune -- Part 3. Entrepreneurship, development and deprivation. Contribution of MSMEs with reference to entreprneurship development and employment generation in North-East India : a critical evaluation -- Analysis of marketed surplus of milk in Rupandehi, Nepal -- A study of CSR as an instrument for poverty exclusion -- Development caused displacement on peasants livelihood : a case study from a village of West Bengal -- Role of social protection policies to remove inequality and poverty in three tribal districts of West Bengal -- Part 4. Socio-political issues on development and inequality. Socio-economic inequalities and food security among the Rabha Tribe living in fringe forest areas of North Bengal -- Rural pisciculture as a sustainable livelihood of self-help group members of Birbhum district of West Bengal, India -- Poverty inequality and right to food : a note -- Inequality, politics and exploitation in a Rajasthan Village -- Development alienating human from nature : a case study of North Sikkim -- The influence of caste system in urban social interaction
Summary The volume covers issues related to poverty, inequality, inclusiveness development, role of institutions, and socio-political perspectives on development in India with a special focus on North-East India. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Utpal Kumar De is Professor of Economics and also the Head of Department of Economics at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Manoranjan Pal is Professor in Economic Research Unit (ERU) at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
Description based on print version record
Subject Equality -- South Asia
Poverty -- South Asia
Economic development -- South Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Economic development
Equality
Poverty
Social conditions
SUBJECT South Asia -- Social conditions
Subject South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author De, Utpal Kumar, 1968- editor.
Pal, Manoranjan, editor.
ISBN 9780429331756
0429331754
9781000651553
100065155X
9781000651423
1000651428
9781000651294
1000651290