Poverty and Sustainable Development - Hardcover

The book is a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of major issues facing the Indian economy in meeting the challenges of pro-poor growth today. The book offers a blue print to combat poverty. This is an insight and though provoking work set forth issues. Some of the important topics discussed are-thoughts on development, economic reforms, meaning and measurement of poverty, rural credit, cooperative banks, Indian agriculture in UN WTO regime, credit for women etc. The book is very informative for researchers and students in the area of development economists., About The Author:- Dr. Smt. Deepali Pant Joshi, Chief General Manager of Reserve Bank of India, Hyderabad., Contents:- Foreword · Acknowledgements · Introduction. · Thoughts on Development. · The Economic reforms Initiated in the Early 90s. · Managing the finance4 to Meet the Goals. · The Meaning and Measurement of Poverty. · Rural Credit. · Cooperative banks an Appraisal. · Education, Health and Infrastucture · Centrality of Agriculture in the Indian Economy · India Agriculture Interests and Concerns · Indian Agriculture in the WTO Regime · Rythu Bazars-Learning from Andhra Pradesh · Neeru Meeru-Water and You · Gender Concerns · Empowerment of Women: Its Dimensions · Credit for Women · Bands to the Fore · Credit, SHGs and Women: The AP Way · SHG-Empowering Poor Women · Regulation for Micro Finance · Banking Sector Reforms