Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents List of contributors. 1. Introduction. 2. The North Eastern States of India a demographic profile/Dhirendra Nath Konar and Subhabrata Chakrabarti. 3. Structural changes of the economies of India's North Eastern States since 1980 with a special case study on Sikkim/Kanak Kanti Bagchi and Subhabrata Chakrabarti. 4. Rural development process and changes in tribal inter relationship pattern in West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh/M.A. Salam. 5. Crisis in tea plantations of North Eastern India and a general comment on few aspects of crop management in agriculture vis a vis Tea/Debabrata Purohit and Amulya Mitra. 6. Environmental degradation and poverty The intricate linkage in the River Islands (Char Areas) of Assam/Gorky Chakraborty and Pranjal Protim Buragohain. 7. Tourist's willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation a case study of Sikkim/Amit Kumar Bhandari. 8. What is DONER/Amlan Das. 9. Empirical investigation of structural change in Manipur/Avijit Biswas. 10. The financial inter relationships and the role of Centre to promote development in North Eastern States of India/Subhabrata Chakrabarti.11. Meghalaya and Bangladesh Trade linking across border/Anindita Adhikary (Bora) Bedanta Bora and Sujit Sikidar. Index. North East India with its extreme natural beauty cultural and ecological diversities is not an exception in that sense. Different issues on the developmental aspects of this region can be discussed from different angles. The book contains 11 chapters on various aspects from eminent authors namely Chapter 1 is introduction Chapter 2 reveals the demographic status of all North Eastern States except Sikkim. Chapter 3 and 9 examine the relevance of so called fundamental theories on structural change of any economy Chapter 4 finds out the implication of development policies in the presence of some primitive social systems. Chapter 5 discusses the tea markets in North East India. This chapter also brings the conclusion that present agricultural practice goes against sustainable development in the long run. Chapter 6 explains how poverty environmental degradation and sustainable development have become interdependent in Assam. Chapter 7 shows how the willingness to pay for the better environment may be one guiding force behind the growth of tourism industry. Chapter 9 and 10 give an account of the Central Resources injected into the economy of Northeast India for different purpose through Ministry of DONER and recommended by Finance Commission Reports. Export is considered as the engine of growth and this vindicated in Chapter 11 in which we observe comparative advantages over different goods and the Meghalaya Bangladesh border trade may be helpful to boost up the Meghalayan economy. 202 pp.