Human Development : Dimensions and Strategies
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction and overview/Himanshu Sekhar Rout and Prasant Kumar Panda. 2. A note on some aggregation problems in the functioning approach to individual well-being/Prasanta K. Pattanaik. 3. On measuring group differential: some further results/Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan and Srijit Mishra. 4. Status and trend of human development in North East region of India/Purusottam Nayak. 5. A note on human development indices with income qualities/S.K. Mishra. 6. Regional planning, national development and conflict resolution/Manas Chatterji. 7. Age-structured human capital dynamics and economic growth: a note on interdependence, coordination and welfare/Tapas Mishra and Mamata Parhi. 8. Human development in India : issues and challenges/Mihir K. Mahapatra and Rajesh Raj S.N.. 9. The perspectives of economic growth and social insecurity on human development for lagging states in India/Aswini Kumar Mishra and Biswabas Patra. 10. Environment, human development and economic growth of Indian states after liberalisation/Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Debashis Chakraborty. 11. Gender and human development/Liliane Bensahel, Steven Coissard and Asma Ben Lazrak. 12. Recasting human development indices: a look into the state of gender empowerment in Karnataka/Sanjeev D. Kenchaigol. 13. Human development in Orissa : an inter-district analsysis from the perspective of infrastructure/Amar Kumar Mohantry, Narayan C. Nayak and Bani Chatterjee. 14. Human development, economic development and income earning capacities of the common man: the case of North East India/Keya Sengupta. 15. Disparities in human development and economic development: the case of Assam/Sumanash Dutta. 16. Livelihood diversification: pathway out of rural poverty/P.S. Sujithkumar. Index.
"Human development is a relative concept and it needs to be understood from an interdisciplinary perspective. It includes widening of choices, expansion of freedom and fulfillment of human rights. The human development index (HDI) in the UNDP\'s Human Development Report (HDR) considers literacy rate, life expectancy at birth along with GDP per head for the purpose. It is important to understand an appropriate methodology for measuring human development and its linkage with economic development.
This book addresses specific problems and issues pertaining to human development. The main themes which the book covers include theoretical issues in human development, measurement, determinants and various dimensions and strategies for sustainable human development." (jacket)
