Social Development of Urban Poverty
Contents: 1. Development and welfare of weaker section. 2. Equitable society: a new concern for social work. 3. Economic reforms and the poor. 4. Are the NGOs accountable to people. 5. Development alternatives for weaker sections since 1990. 6. Maternal and child health community. 7. Social movements: a summary of what works. 8. The development of social work. 9. How social workers help children with emotional/behavioral problems. 10. Early childhood development: real life story. 11. Urban poverty and social exclusion: the health challenges for the poor living in slum settlements. 12. Slums, urban poverty and local strengths. 13. World social welfare analysis: a theoretical model. 14. The nature and role of social welfare. 15. Integrated rural development of weaker section in India-a case study on powerful people. 16. Informal sector and social development in the context of globalization. 17. Humanists and education. 18. Experience with united nations human rights treaties. 19. Urbanisation and urban poverty: a gender analysis. Bibliography. Index.
“Poverty is an important factor contributing to the low literacy rates, low Ger, and high dropout rates among the scheduled tribe population in general. Table V show the human poverty index and the poverty rates among the tribal groups in rural and urban areas for all the states in India for 1991. The human poverty index is constructed by taking a composite of variables that reflect the economic, educational, and health aspects of human development (see table). From that Bihar ranks very high in the poverty index, followed by Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. On the other hand, some of the relatively affluent states are Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. The northeastern states of Meghalaya and Nagaland exhibit a fairly high level of poverty while Mizoram, falls somewhere in between. Yet the literacy rate among tribal women is highest in the state of Mizoram, and the literacy rates among tribal women in Meghalaya and Nagaland are comparable to those of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. “(jacket)
