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Sonalde Desai

Human development in India : challenges for a society in transition /Sonalde Desai - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press , 2010. - xxii, 234 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Income, poverty, and inequality --
Agriculture --
Employment --
Household assets and amenities --
Education --
Health and medical care --
Child well-being --
Well-being of the older population --
gender and family dynamics --
Social integration and exclusion --
Villages in a global world --
Social safety nets in India --
Appendix I : IHDS : the design --
Appendix II : chapter organization and definition of variables.

India's rapid economic expansion has raised global interest in its complex society and the continued growth that has touched the ordinary citizen. This report highlights how poverty and affluence intersect with age-old divisions of regional inequalities, gender, caste, and religion that have long structured human development in India. Together, these economic and social forces shape every facet of Indians'

ISBN: 9780198065128

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social Sciences

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Social change -- India.--India -- Social conditions -- 1947-

Dewey Class. No.: 303.0945 DES