India public policy report, 2014 : tackling poverty, hunger and malnutrition

By:

Malhotra, Rajeev

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010Description: xviii, 249 p 28 cm; PbkISBN:

978-0199452040

Subject(s):

Poverty--Government policy Economic history -- India Hunger--Government policy

DDC classification:

339.460954 MAL

Online resources:

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Contents:

1. Overview: Motivation for the Report and Major Findings -- 2. Measuring Policy Effectiveness for Human Wellbeing -- 3. Revisiting Poverty: Some Issues, Concerns and Policy Remedies -- 4. India's Hunger and Malnutrition Puzzle: Some Policy Concern and Options.

Summary: The Report among the first to outlining a methodology that looks at development and human wellbeing in a broad manner using aggregate data sets. Presents a framework for objective assessment of policy effectiveness for use particularly in developing countries. It exposes the claims and counter claims on development outcomes in the Indian states on some broad wellbeing parameters for the period 1980-2011. It presents a multidisciplinary analysis based on evidence on the Report's thematic focus: 'Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition'.

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1. Overview: Motivation for the Report and Major Findings --
2. Measuring Policy Effectiveness for Human Wellbeing --
3. Revisiting Poverty: Some Issues, Concerns and Policy Remedies --
4. India's Hunger and Malnutrition Puzzle: Some Policy Concern and Options.

The Report among the first to outlining a methodology that looks at development and human wellbeing in a broad manner using aggregate data sets.
Presents a framework for objective assessment of policy effectiveness for use particularly in developing countries.
It exposes the claims and counter claims on development outcomes in the Indian states on some broad wellbeing parameters for the period 1980-2011.
It presents a multidisciplinary analysis based on evidence on the Report's thematic focus: 'Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition'.

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