Contents: Foreword/Tarun Sannyal. Brief biography of Prof. Asok Barman. List of contributors. Economic development and the associated dynamics Indian panorama/Debashis Chakraborty and Smita Nath. The social face and development: 1. Affirmative action in education and persistence of negative stereotypes/Arundhati Sarkar Bose. Towards greener and cleaner environment: 2. A cross-state analysis on the relationship between environmental quality and human development in India/Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Debashis Chakraborty. 3. The problem of solid waste disposal in Kolkata: a theoretical analysis of alternative policy options/Prasenjit Sarkhel. Trade, development and infrastructure: 4. Threshold price adjustment: the case of argentine and U.S. Sorghum exports/Atanu Ghoshray. 5. Stylized facts in the international credit market: a brief survey of the literature/Smita Nath. 6. How are the Indian states doing in infrastructure sector? An assessment/Prabir De. Looking back to look beyond: 7. Examining economic development vs economic stagnancy in Ancient Bengal/Mausumi Manna. Appendices.

"The current volume consists of seven articles contributed by Eight Scottish Church College Department of Economics alumni, spanning over various spheres of economic development, namely: affirmative action in education, environmental sustainability, international trade, international credit market, infrastructure and economic history. Economic development is the common thread that binds all the articles in the volume together. The current volume is tribute to Prof. Asok Barman of the Department of Economics, Scottish Church College by his students." (jacket)