Development

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More Practical than Principled

This comprehensive road-map for better governance focuses more on practical solutions than on the underlying principles that guide government actions and citizen relationships. But can solutions be “…
▶31-Jul-2024
Andaleeb Rahman
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In Search Of Alternative Moral Political Economies

‘Development as Swaraj’ champions the untapped potential of the idea of swaraj as a different path to progress. Showcasing one example of a cooperative khadi unit, it criticises today’s development…
▶09-Jan-2024
A R Vasavi
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The Rural is on the Decline. The Village Still Matters

The rural and the urban have been seen as separate; one backward, the other a symbol of progress. Yet their fates are intimately linked.
▶14-Dec-2023
Jaideep Hardikar

How ‘Sons of Soil’ Laws Hamper Economic Development

States have resorted to anti-migrant legislation to paper over failures to create adequate and quality jobs. These policies neither work nor aid development.
▶09-Nov-2022
Amrita Datta

Evolution of Demographic Thought and Concern for Human Well-being

Demography has been detached from political theory and political economy, and population is now considered a part of the problem. A new chapter emphasising the economic value of a population is…
▶19-Jul-2021
R.B. Bhagat

Learning to Listen

The Indian state’s lack of empathy for the weakest could be seen so clearly in the hardships it imposed on the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown. This can be fixed only by listening to people's…
▶21-May-2020
Aaditeshwar Seth