Kerala: The Development Experience : Reflections on Sustainability and Replicability - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1856497267 ISBN 13 : 9781856497268

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

At a time when disillusion with neo-liberal development nostrums is mounting, alternative models of development are being revisited. Kerala‘s 30 million people may not have experienced rapid growth in GDP per capita, but they have for the past several decades achieved a remarkable social record in terms of adult literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, stabilising population growth, and narrowing gender and spatial gaps. What are the implications of the disjuncture between human development and economic growth? What are the political, social and cultural factors responsible for Kerala‘s success? Does its human development record necessarily relate to sustainability in environmental terms? How inclusive has the Kerala model been, particularly for the fishing community and other socially marginalised groups? Can the new people‘s campaign for decentralised development from below make Kerala‘s development experience more enduring? What realistic view can be taken of its replicability elsewhere in India or further afield in the South? These are among the most important questions explored in this timely reassessment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Govindan Parayil teaches at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856497267
• ISBN 13: 9781856497268
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Parayil Govindan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible