Inclusive growth and development in India : challenges for underdeveloped regions and the underclass / edited by Yuko Tsujita. - Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. - xvi, 254p. ; 22cm. - IDE-JETRO series .

India is one of the fastest growing countries in the world but high economic growth has been accompanied by social stratification and widening economic disparity between states. This study provides a comprehensive picture of uneven growth and development within regions in India. Inclusive growth, broadly defined as rapid growth benefiting every section of society, has been the main strategy pursued by the present government of India. While the existing literature on inclusive growth tends to examine the trend and extent of economic inequality over years, or discusses inclusive growth in a wide range of social and economic areas, this book, building on the findings of Inclusiveness in India.

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Economic development--India.


India--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
India--Social conditions.

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