Economics of Education, Health and Human Resource Development, Vols. I-II

Contents: Vol. I: Foreword. Preface. 1. Economics of medical education and health services in India/K.A. Rasure. 2. A study on inter-district disparity in health, education and human development in West Bengal/K.K. Bagchi and Ratul Saha. 3. Health care services in India with special reference to Punjab/Vipla Chopra. 4. Economic growth and human development: a case study of India/Ravi Kiran and Manpreet Kaur. 5. Reproductive fertility trend and their impact on health services/Saroj Shrivastava and Bhakti Sharma. 6. Human development in India--a review/S.M. Jawed Akhtar. 7. Economics of ageing and epidemiological transition/A. Gunasekaran and R. Sumathi. 8. Economics of Indian education, health and human development: emerging challenges in the global era/Birendra Kumar Jha. 9. An analysis of education status in Haryana/R.S. Nandal and D.P. Malik. 10. Educational dropout of children at primary stage in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh/D. Pulla Rao. 11. Status of integrated education for the disabled children in India/D. Pulla Rao. 12. Role of open universities in accessing higher education for the people in India: an analysis/D. Pulla Rao. 13. Education, health and human development/V. Vijayalakshmi. 14. Growth of primary education in Orissa: quantitative versus qualitative issues/Jagannath Lenka and Minati Mallick. 15. Progress of primary education and primary health care in Orissa/B. Eswar Rao Patnaik. 16. Recent health care measures in India/P. Balamirtham. 17. Economics of education/S.N. Yogish. 18. Education, health and human development/S.K. Dhage and B.G. Lobo. 19. Impact of education on health services delivery--a study/P. Loganathan and R. Asokan. 20. Effects of educational inequality among social groups in rural India/R.R. Biradar and Jayasheela. 21. Restructuring economics education in India: an imminent need in the LPG Regime/P.K. Manoj. 22. Prospects of health tourism in India/Ajay Kumar Tripathi and P.K. Sirothia. 23. Necessity of examination reforms/Rakesh A. Joshi. 24. Changing perspectives of higher education: application of Markov Chain and Theils Entrophy Models/Girija M. Yabannavar, S.B. Hosamani, G.M. Gaddhi, G.M. Hiremath. 25. Economics of higher education in India/A. Marimuthu and D. Bose. 26. Child mortality and poverty: an analysis of inter-state variations/Bhamidipati Sailaja Kumari and Bhamidipati Padma Narayan. 27. Health policy: problems and prospects/Yogita Beri and Madhura Banerjee. 28. Trends and disparities in educational deprivation of children in Andhra Pradesh/M. Sankara Reddi, M. Chandrayya and M. Sundara Rao. 29. Development of females in primary education in Andhra Pradesh: 1956-57 to 2002-03/P. Arun Kumar.

Vol. II: 1. Cooperative education and training in India--achievements and shortfalls: an overview/D. Pulla Rao. 2. Declining female sex ratios in India: an analysis/D. Pulla Rao. 3. Role of teachers in strengthening value education in India/D. Pulla Rao. 4. Committees and Commissions for the development of teacher education during post-independent India: a review/D. Pulla Rao. 5. Recent trends in public expenditure on social services in Madhya Pradesh with special reference to education and public health/Anjali Jain. 6. Achievements of education and health services in India/G.L. Bhong. 7. Need to quality in higher education/Praveen Sharma. 8. Education--facts and steps for future/U.B. Kondewar and Smita Kondewar. 9. Status of different levels of education in India/G.M. Bhat and Shabir Ahmad Padder. 10. Linkage between education, health, poverty and human development/S.K. Dhage and B.G. Lobo. 11. Economics of education and health/R. Meenakshi. 12. Role of education in human development/R.K. Upadhyay. 13. Economics of child health: linkage of poverty, education, health and consaguinity to infant/neonatal mortality/A. Gunasekarana and D.B. Usha Rani. 14. Public expenditure on different levels of education in India/Mohammad Asif. 15. A study of the medicinal plants of Kanyakumari District/P. Balamirtham. 16. Economics of education and health in Bihar/Pushpa Kumari. 17. Education, health and human development in India/Vinod Kumar Srivastava. 18. Relevance of social sector in economic development/R.S. Gadage. 19. Rural health in India/Pradeep Hadke and Surendra R. Jichkar. 20. The different levels of education system in India/Meenu Soni. 21. Initiatives for girl\'s education in Andhra Pradesh/C.S. Singhal. 22. Attitude towards girls\' education among disadvantaged communities/C.S. Singhal. 23. Development of females in primary education in Andhra Pradesh: 1956-57 to 2002-03/P. Arun Kumar. 24. Trends in the growth of teacher education in India: an historical perspective/A. Venkateswara Rao. 25. Political economy of privatization of higher education in Andhra Pradesh/A. Venkateswara Rao. 26. Women empowerment and role of education/Pushpa Sinha and Ratna Mitra. 27. Socio-economic problem of elementary education in rural India/M. Rameshkumar and N. Anitha. 28. Child schooling in a tribal community transition/Majji Sankara Reddy. 29. Progress of secondary education in India/P. Anuradha and A. Vamsi Krushna. 30. Status of women in education and employment in schools in India: an analysis/A. Vamsi Krushna and P. Anuradha. 31. Anti-Darwinian development--growing literacy, falling education/Satyapal Singh.

"The two volumes of this book contains 60 papers prepared by eminent personalities coming fairly from seats of higher learning situated in different parts of India. Therefore, these volumes are of representational value on the national level. The issues covered in this book have a practical and policy significance in India. The material searched, the matter distilled, the methodology used and the frame found for these articles are all worth the mark. The themes have been deeply and intensively discussed by the writers of these papers. The author have made an earnest attempt at making the articles error-free and reader-friendly.

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