Urban Headway and Upward Mobility in India

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-49636-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Urbanisation in the literature of development economics is expected to bring in a spectrum of social and economic transformations. With this framework in mind, this book focuses on various aspects of urbanisation in India and its impact on socio-economic variables. The study has been conducted at various levels of disaggregation such as state, district and city and the data is sourced from population census, NSSO's surveys on employment-unemployment schemes and results and consumption expenditure, and primary surveys on slum households conducted by the author. Urbanisation is studied as a process particular to developing countries, contextualising it within the study of India. While this brings about gradual changes contributing to overall growth, the pace is remarkably slow. It brings to the forefront the resilience of the social system that can be mitigated through significant interventions into some of the economic variables. Various policy implications of the evidence based research are discussed at the end of each chapter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitra, Arup

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Regional- und Städtische Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Assessing the quality of cities and towns; 3. New patterns and new strategies in Indian urbanization; 4. Growth, informal sector employment and poverty; 5. Upward mobility of the disadvantaged sections; 6. Erosion of the caste factor?; 7. Changes in a cultural variable; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Mitra, Arup
Arup Mitra is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. He currently holds a joint position as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the South Asian University, New Delhi. He has been a senior researcher at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, and held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po, Paris. His research interest includes issues in development, urbanisation, labour, corruption, industrialisation and productivity, services sector and gender inequality. He co-authored Corruption and Development in Indian Economy (with Chandan Sharma, 2016).