Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives
Author:   Jean Drèze (, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198860167


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jean Drèze (, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780198860167


ISBN 10:   0198860161
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1: Amartya Sen: Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms 2: Jean Dréze and Haris Gazdar: Uttar Pradesh: The Burden of Inertia 3: Sunil Sengupta and Haris Gazdar: Agrarian Politics and Rural Development in West Bengal 4: V.K. Ramachandran: On Kerala's Development Achievements 5: Mamta Murthi, Anne-Catherine Guio, and Jean Dréze: Mortality, Fertility and Gender Bias in India: A District Level Analysis

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Review from previous edition This is an outstanding survey of some key differences and lessons, within India, concerning some crucial components of human development and self-esteem. The writing is clear and readily accessible to non-specialists * Times Higher Education Supplement *


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Jean Drèze, development economist, has taught at the London School of Economics and the Delhi School of Economics and is currently Visiting Professor at Ranchi University. He has made wide-ranging contributions to development economics and public policy, with special reference to India. He is co-author (with Amartya Sen) of Hunger and Public Action (Oxford University Press, 1989), An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions (Penguin, 2013), and Sense and Solidarity (OUP: 2019). Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was previously Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la légion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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