Facets of Sustainable Development : Some Issues for the Third World
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Economic growth and income inequality: 1. Economic growth and income inequality in India: an inquiry into convergence/Arpita Banerjee and Pravat Kr. Kuri. 2. Residential demand for water: evidence for rural areas of Hooghly in West Bengal/Maniklal Adhikari and Samrat Choudhury. II. Capital flow, financial intermediation and trade: 3. Capital flow, financial intermediation and growth: a Macro dynamic analysis/Ranjanendra Narayan Nag and Rilina Basu. 4. A comparative study of volatility measurement of stock market of two emerging economies: India and China/Ayanangshu Sarkar and Malabika Roy. 5. FDI, heterogeneity of firms, and exports: an examination of evidence in India/Maitri Ghosh. III. Agricutlure industry interaction: 6. Development of industry and its curse on agriculture jobless growth and social exclusion/Hiranya Lahiri and Ambar Nath Ghosh. IV. Natural resources and sustainable development: 7. Forest dependence of households: a case study on joint forest management in Bankura District of West Bengal/Bipul De and Sebak Jana. 8. Participatory management and forest status: search for a sustainable community: based forest management in a backward region in India/Soumyendra Kishore Datta and Krishanu Sarkar. 9. An empirical study on rural tourism impact on local economy at Kamarpukur, West Bengal/Nilanjan Roy and Dilip Kumar Das. V. Gender issues and development: 10. Socio-economic impact on child immunization in some selected blocks in Darjeeling District/Moumita Ghosh and Soumyendra Kishore Dutta. 11. Self help group and livelihood security: a case study of tribal households in Bankura District/Maniklal Adhikari and Supravat Bagli. Index.
Sustainable development is a complex issue. There are several aspects of the problem ranging from economic development, financial inclusion, environmental interactions and human development. The current book is divided into various subsections. While traversing through the subsections the reader is hoped to gain insight into the variegated transience of sustainability.
