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This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrated view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The authors place human agency at the centre of stage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social, and political) in enhancing effective freedoms. In comparative international perspective, the Indian economy has done reasonably well in the period following the economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s. However, relatively high aggregate economic growth coexists with the persistence of endemic deprivation and deep social failures. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen relate this imbalance to the continued neglect, in the post-reform period, of public involvement in crucial fields such as basic education, health care, social security, environmental protection, gender equity, and civil rights, and also to the imposition of new burdens such as the accelerated expansion of military expenditure.

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Author:   Jean Dreze ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (Master, Master, Trinity College, Cambridge University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.639kg
ISBN:  

9780199257485

ISBN 10:   0199257485
Pages:   540
Publication Date:   01 September 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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