India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. This book examines the aspects of post-reform India and discerns the changes and trends which these developments have created. India's increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.…mehr
India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. This book examines the aspects of post-reform India and discerns the changes and trends which these developments have created.India's increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.
Dipak Mazumdar is Senior Research Associate, Munk Centre for Internatiuonal Sudies at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of numerous publications on development economics. His co-authored book, with Ata Mazaheri, The African Manufacturing Firm was also published by Routledge in 2003. Sandip Sarkar is currently working as a Fellow with the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, India. His main areas of research interest are industry, poverty, labour and employment on which he has experience of over two decades. His recent major research project was on the impact of globalisation on labour market in India which is sponsored by International Development Research Council (IDRC), Canada. He has been extensively involved in several large research projects funded by reputed national and international agencies.
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1. Introduction: An Overview of Globalization, Reforms and Macro-Economic Developments in India Part 1: Trends in Poverty, Inequality, Employment and Earnings 2. Poverty, Growth and Inequality in the Pre- and Post-Reform Periods and the Patterns of Urbanization in India: An Analysis for All-India and the Major States 3. Trends in Employment and Earnings 1983-2000 4. Accounting for the Decline in Labor Supply in the Nineties Part 2: Regional Dimensions 5. Some Implications of Regional Differences in Labor Market Outcomes in India Ahmad Ahsan and Carmen Pages 6. Trend in Regional Disparities in Poverty, Incidence: An Analysis based on NSS Regions Part 3: Employment and Earnings in the Major Sectors 7. Agricultural Productivity, Off-Farm Employment and Rural Poverty: The Problem of Labor Absorption in Agriculture 8. Employment Elasticity in Organized Manufacturing in India 9. Dualism in Indian Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences 10. Growth of Employment and Earnings in the Tertiary Sector Part 4: Labor Market Institutions 11. Regulations, Enforcement and Adjudication in Indian Labor Markets: Origins, Consequences and the Way Forward Ahmad Ahsan, Carmen Pages and Tirthankar Roy 12. Strengthening Employment and Social Security for Unorganized Workers Philip O'Keefe 13. Epilogue. Conclusions
1. Introduction: An Overview of Globalization, Reforms and Macro-Economic Developments in India Part 1: Trends in Poverty, Inequality, Employment and Earnings 2. Poverty, Growth and Inequality in the Pre- and Post-Reform Periods and the Patterns of Urbanization in India: An Analysis for All-India and the Major States 3. Trends in Employment and Earnings 1983-2000 4. Accounting for the Decline in Labor Supply in the Nineties Part 2: Regional Dimensions 5. Some Implications of Regional Differences in Labor Market Outcomes in India Ahmad Ahsan and Carmen Pages 6. Trend in Regional Disparities in Poverty, Incidence: An Analysis based on NSS Regions Part 3: Employment and Earnings in the Major Sectors 7. Agricultural Productivity, Off-Farm Employment and Rural Poverty: The Problem of Labor Absorption in Agriculture 8. Employment Elasticity in Organized Manufacturing in India 9. Dualism in Indian Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences 10. Growth of Employment and Earnings in the Tertiary Sector Part 4: Labor Market Institutions 11. Regulations, Enforcement and Adjudication in Indian Labor Markets: Origins, Consequences and the Way Forward Ahmad Ahsan, Carmen Pages and Tirthankar Roy 12. Strengthening Employment and Social Security for Unorganized Workers Philip O'Keefe 13. Epilogue. Conclusions
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