Growth, Equity, Environment and Population : Economic and Sociological Perspectives

by Kanchan Chopra

• ISBN13: 9780761936770
• ISBN10: 0761936777
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-05
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

The book brings together papers on a range of issues that are of relevance to the Indian economy and polity in the new millennium. The contributors examine issues relating to growth and macro-economic fundamentals, the state of and future prospects for industry and agriculture in an era of high growth and globalization. Growing regional disparities, gender issues and other forms of inequity dominate the analysis of health care, migration, fertility and mortality related issues. Contributors also analyse contentious issues at the interface of environment and development, such as environmental efficiency of industry, links between alternative notions of value and household use of biomass. In a complementary manner, sociological perspectives on religion, family, gender and state introduce into the volume a qualitative analysis of the social institutions within the framework of which economic growth and structural change take place.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement	p. xi
Acknowledgements for Publishers	p. xii
List of Tables	p. xv
List of Illustrations	p. xix
Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Growth
Macroeconomic Issues
Domestic and External Shocks and their Impact on Economic Growth	p. 9
The Optimal Level of Interest Rate in Emerging Economies: Evidence from East Asia	p. 27
Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Exchange Rate Dynamics in India: Some Survey Results	p. 52
Industry
MNE Affiliation, Firm Size and Exports Revisited: A Study of Information Technology Firms in India	p. 73
Import Liberalization and Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing Industries in the 1990s	p. 94
Small-scale Units in the Era of Globalisation: Problems and Prospects	p. 110
Agriculture
The State of Indian Agriculture and Prospects for the Future	p. 133
Trade Liberalization and Diversification in Indian Agriculture	p. 149
Implications of Trade Liberalisation for the Livestock Sector	p. 166
Equity
Regional Divergence in India during the Era of Liberalization: A Sectoral Decomposition	p. 181
Growing Regional Disparities in Development in India-Post-Reform Experience and Challenges Ahead	p. 198
The Idea of Gender Equality: From Legislative Vision to Everyday Family Practice	p. 208
Environment
Environment Development Linkages: Modelling a Wetland System for Ecological and Economic Value	p. 229
Measuring Environmental Efficiency of Industry: A Case Study of Thermal Power Generation in India	p. 247
A Microeconometric Analysis of Household Extraction of Forest Biomass Goods in Ranthambhore National Park, India	p. 269
The Dream Machine: The Model Development Project and the Remaking of the State	p. 287
Population and Health
Fertility, MCH-Care and Poverty in India: Simultaneous Structural Analysis	p. 311
Obstetric Risk and Obstetric Care in Central India	p. 325
Informal Sector, Networks and Intra-City Variations in Activities: Findings from Delhi Slums	p. 339
Arresting Out-Migration: Some Policy Considerations for Uttaranchal	p. 355
Ageing, Activities of Daily Living Disabilities and the Need for Public Health Initiatives: Some Evidence from a Household Survey in Delhi	p. 369
An Analysis of Recurrent Costs of the Free ART Programme of the Government of India	p. 392
Sociological Perspectives: Religion and Family
The Sociology of Hinduism: Combining the Book and Field Views	p. 421
The Family in Official Discourse: International Programmes and National Perspectives in India and China	p. 433
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 450
Index	p. 453
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