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Addressing inequality in South Asia / / Martin Rama, Tara Beteille, Yue Li, Pradeep K. Mitra, and John Lincoln Newman
| Addressing inequality in South Asia / / Martin Rama, Tara Beteille, Yue Li, Pradeep K. Mitra, and John Lincoln Newman |
| Autore | Rama Martin <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/60954 |
| Collana | South Asia Development Matters |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - South Asia
Equality - South Asia |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0023-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; 1 Based on standard monetary indicators, South Asia has moderate levels of inequality; Why inequality matters; 2 Billionaire wealth in India is exceptionally large; 3 The health outcomes of the poor are among the worst worldwide; 4 Returns to education create incentives to study; 5 Greater inequality reduces the quality of public services when the rich can opt out; The extent of inequality; 6 Poverty is higher in Indian districts suffering from Naxalite violence; 7 The least wealthy are alarmingly vulnerable
8 Inequality in health outcomes is wide9 Schooling among young adults is highly unequal in some countries in South Asia; Drivers of inequality; 10 Richer countries tend to be more unequal in both South Asia and East Asia; 11 Monetary inequality is increasing across most of South Asia; 12 South Asians do not see an environment conducive to lower inequality; 13 Multiple factors affect household outcomes relative to others in society; Limited opportunity; 14 Opportunities in education are better than in health or sanitation, as measured by the HOI 15 Better opportunity is driven by greater coverage16 Parent's education and location are critically important circumstances; Substantial mobility; 17 Considerable occupational mobility exists across generations in India; 18 Occupational mobility is higher for younger generations; 19 Upward mobility in South Asian countries is similar to that in the United States and Vietnam; 20 Upward mobility is much stronger in cities than in rural areas; Tables; 1 Changes in employment status reveal substantial mobility among migrant men in India; 2 Rural jobs allow people to escape poverty urban jobs are a ticket to the middle classInadequate support; 21 The composition of urban employment varies with city size and governance in India; 22 In Pakistan, poorer and richer households cope with shocks in different ways; 23 Social assistance is less adequate than social insurance but has greater coverage; Maps; 1 Government revenue in South Asia is low compared with the rest of the world; References; 24 Electricity subsidies favor the better-off; 25 Development spending per person is lower in poorer states and districts; 1. Why Inequality Matters; Inequality of what? Opportunities versus outcomesBoxes; 1.1 Discrimination by teachers pushes children out of school; Monetary measures of inequality; Multidimensional indicators of inequality; 1.2 Standard statistical measures of monetary inequality; 1.1 Estimates of expenditures differ between household surveys and national accounts; 1.3 Some monetary indicators may underestimate the true extent of inequality; Subjective well-being; 1.2 Monetary and nonmonetary indicators can lead to opposite conclusions; 1.4 Bhutan uses a happiness index to measure well-being; The costs (and benefits) of inequality Intrinsic value |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787011303321 |
Rama Martin <1956->
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Addressing inequality in South Asia / / Martín Rama [and three others]
| Addressing inequality in South Asia / / Martín Rama [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/60954 |
| Collana | South Asia Development Matters |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - South Asia
Equality - South Asia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0023-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; 1 Based on standard monetary indicators, South Asia has moderate levels of inequality; Why inequality matters; 2 Billionaire wealth in India is exceptionally large; 3 The health outcomes of the poor are among the worst worldwide; 4 Returns to education create incentives to study; 5 Greater inequality reduces the quality of public services when the rich can opt out; The extent of inequality; 6 Poverty is higher in Indian districts suffering from Naxalite violence; 7 The least wealthy are alarmingly vulnerable
8 Inequality in health outcomes is wide9 Schooling among young adults is highly unequal in some countries in South Asia; Drivers of inequality; 10 Richer countries tend to be more unequal in both South Asia and East Asia; 11 Monetary inequality is increasing across most of South Asia; 12 South Asians do not see an environment conducive to lower inequality; 13 Multiple factors affect household outcomes relative to others in society; Limited opportunity; 14 Opportunities in education are better than in health or sanitation, as measured by the HOI 15 Better opportunity is driven by greater coverage16 Parent's education and location are critically important circumstances; Substantial mobility; 17 Considerable occupational mobility exists across generations in India; 18 Occupational mobility is higher for younger generations; 19 Upward mobility in South Asian countries is similar to that in the United States and Vietnam; 20 Upward mobility is much stronger in cities than in rural areas; Tables; 1 Changes in employment status reveal substantial mobility among migrant men in India; 2 Rural jobs allow people to escape poverty urban jobs are a ticket to the middle classInadequate support; 21 The composition of urban employment varies with city size and governance in India; 22 In Pakistan, poorer and richer households cope with shocks in different ways; 23 Social assistance is less adequate than social insurance but has greater coverage; Maps; 1 Government revenue in South Asia is low compared with the rest of the world; References; 24 Electricity subsidies favor the better-off; 25 Development spending per person is lower in poorer states and districts; 1. Why Inequality Matters; Inequality of what? Opportunities versus outcomesBoxes; 1.1 Discrimination by teachers pushes children out of school; Monetary measures of inequality; Multidimensional indicators of inequality; 1.2 Standard statistical measures of monetary inequality; 1.1 Estimates of expenditures differ between household surveys and national accounts; 1.3 Some monetary indicators may underestimate the true extent of inequality; Subjective well-being; 1.2 Monetary and nonmonetary indicators can lead to opposite conclusions; 1.4 Bhutan uses a happiness index to measure well-being; The costs (and benefits) of inequality Intrinsic value |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460086303321 |
| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Borderland lives in northern South Asia / / edited by David N. Gellner ; with an afterword by Willem van Schendel
| Borderland lives in northern South Asia / / edited by David N. Gellner ; with an afterword by Willem van Schendel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.20954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GellnerDavid N
SchendelWillem van |
| ISBN |
0-8223-5556-6
0-8223-7730-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Northern South Asia's diverse borders, from Kachchh to Mizoram / David N. Gellner -- Borders without borderlands : on the social reproduction of state demarcation in Rajasthan / Anastasia Piliavsky -- Allegiance and alienation : border dynamics in Kargil / Radhika Gupta -- Naturalizing the Himalaya-as-border in Uttarakhand / Nayanika Mathur -- On the way to India : Nepali rituals of border crossing / Sondra L. Hausner and Jeevan R. Sharma -- The perils of being a borderland people : on the Lhotshampas of Bhutan / Rosalind Evans -- Developing the border : state and the political economy of development in Arunachal Pradesh / Deepak K. Mishra -- The micropolitics of borders : the issue of Greater Nagaland (or Nagalim) / Vibha Joshi -- Nodes of control in a South(east) Asian borderland / Nicholas Farrelly -- Histories of belonging(s) : narrating territory, possession, and dispossession at the India-Bangladesh border / Jason Cons -- Geographies and identities : subaltern partition stories along Bengal's southern frontier / Annu Jalais -- Afterword: Making the most of "sensitive" borders / Willem van Schendel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910166654003321 |
| Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Combating terrorism through education : the Near East and South Asian experience : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Nineth [sic] Congress, first session, April 19, 2005
| Combating terrorism through education : the Near East and South Asian experience : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Nineth [sic] Congress, first session, April 19, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 80 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational assistance, American - Middle East
Educational assistance, American - South Asia Terrorism - Prevention |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Educational assistance
Terrorism Middle east South asia Education Political science Social science |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Combating terrorism through education |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694100303321 |
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer
| The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Harriss-WhiteBarbara <1946->
HeyerJudith |
| Collana | Routledge studies in development economics |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-135-17193-9
1-135-17194-7 1-282-97443-2 9786612974434 0-203-86133-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The political economy of agrarian change: Dinosaur or phoenix?; 3 Strategic dimensions of rural poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa; 4 From 'rural labour' to 'classes of labour': Class fragmentation, caste and class struggle at the bottom of the Indian labour hierarchy; 5 Poverty: Causes, responses and consequences in rural South Africa; 6 Seasonal food crises and social protection in Africa
7 The political economy of contract farming in tea in Kenya: The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), 1964-20028 Networking for success: Informal enterprise and popular associations in Nigeria; 9 Free and unfree labour in the Cape wine industry, 1838-1988; 10 The Opium 'Revolution': Continuity or change in rural Afghanistan?; 11 The marginalisation of Dalits in a modernising economy; 12 Shifting the 'grindstone of caste'?: Decreasing dependency among Dalit labourers in Tamil Nadu 13 Liberalisation and transformations in India's informal economy: Female breadwinners in working-class households in Chennai14 Dalit entrepreneurs in middle India; 15 Stigma and regions of accumulation: Mapping Dalit and Adivasi capital in the 1990s; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455065103321 |
| Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer
| The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Harriss-WhiteBarbara <1946->
HeyerJudith |
| Collana | Routledge studies in development economics |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN |
1-135-17193-9
1-135-17194-7 1-282-97443-2 9786612974434 0-203-86133-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The political economy of agrarian change: Dinosaur or phoenix?; 3 Strategic dimensions of rural poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa; 4 From 'rural labour' to 'classes of labour': Class fragmentation, caste and class struggle at the bottom of the Indian labour hierarchy; 5 Poverty: Causes, responses and consequences in rural South Africa; 6 Seasonal food crises and social protection in Africa
7 The political economy of contract farming in tea in Kenya: The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), 1964-20028 Networking for success: Informal enterprise and popular associations in Nigeria; 9 Free and unfree labour in the Cape wine industry, 1838-1988; 10 The Opium 'Revolution': Continuity or change in rural Afghanistan?; 11 The marginalisation of Dalits in a modernising economy; 12 Shifting the 'grindstone of caste'?: Decreasing dependency among Dalit labourers in Tamil Nadu 13 Liberalisation and transformations in India's informal economy: Female breadwinners in working-class households in Chennai14 Dalit entrepreneurs in middle India; 15 Stigma and regions of accumulation: Mapping Dalit and Adivasi capital in the 1990s; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778684303321 |
| Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer
| The comparative political economy of development : Africa and South Asia / / edited by Barbara Harriss-White and Judith Heyer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Harriss-WhiteBarbara <1946->
HeyerJudith |
| Collana | Routledge studies in development economics |
| Soggetto topico | Economics |
| ISBN |
1-135-17193-9
1-135-17194-7 1-282-97443-2 9786612974434 0-203-86133-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The political economy of agrarian change: Dinosaur or phoenix?; 3 Strategic dimensions of rural poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa; 4 From 'rural labour' to 'classes of labour': Class fragmentation, caste and class struggle at the bottom of the Indian labour hierarchy; 5 Poverty: Causes, responses and consequences in rural South Africa; 6 Seasonal food crises and social protection in Africa
7 The political economy of contract farming in tea in Kenya: The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), 1964-20028 Networking for success: Informal enterprise and popular associations in Nigeria; 9 Free and unfree labour in the Cape wine industry, 1838-1988; 10 The Opium 'Revolution': Continuity or change in rural Afghanistan?; 11 The marginalisation of Dalits in a modernising economy; 12 Shifting the 'grindstone of caste'?: Decreasing dependency among Dalit labourers in Tamil Nadu 13 Liberalisation and transformations in India's informal economy: Female breadwinners in working-class households in Chennai14 Dalit entrepreneurs in middle India; 15 Stigma and regions of accumulation: Mapping Dalit and Adivasi capital in the 1990s; Glossary; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799952803321 |
| Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dancing with the River : People and Life on the Chars of South Asia / / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
| Dancing with the River : People and Life on the Chars of South Asia / / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt |
| Autore | Lahiri-Dutt Kuntala |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2095414 |
| Collana | Yale Agrarian Studies Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Human beings - Effect of environment on - South Asia
Human ecology - South Asia River life - South Asia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-300-18957-5
0-300-18830-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introducing Chars -- Chapter 2. Char Jage -- Chapter 3. Controlling the River to Free Up Land -- Chapter 4. Bhitar o Bahir Katha -- Chapter 5. Silent Footfalls -- Chapter 6. Living with Risk -- Chapter 7. Livelihoods Defined by Water -- Chapter 8. Living on Chars, Drifting with Rivers -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462850203321 |
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Lahiri-Dutt Kuntala
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| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dancing with the River : People and Life on the Chars of South Asia / / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
| Dancing with the River : People and Life on the Chars of South Asia / / Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt |
| Autore | Lahiri-Dutt Kuntala |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2095414 |
| Collana | Yale Agrarian Studies Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Human beings - Effect of environment on - South Asia
Human ecology - South Asia River life - South Asia |
| ISBN |
0-300-18957-5
0-300-18830-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introducing Chars -- Chapter 2. Char Jage -- Chapter 3. Controlling the River to Free Up Land -- Chapter 4. Bhitar o Bahir Katha -- Chapter 5. Silent Footfalls -- Chapter 6. Living with Risk -- Chapter 7. Livelihoods Defined by Water -- Chapter 8. Living on Chars, Drifting with Rivers -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786872203321 |
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Lahiri-Dutt Kuntala
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| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and deprivation in Indian sub-continent [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal
| Development and deprivation in Indian sub-continent [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.954 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DeUtpal Kumar <1968->
PalManoranjan |
| Soggetto topico | Equality - South Asia |
| ISBN |
1-000-65155-X
1-000-65129-0 0-429-33175-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795336903321 |
| London, : Routledge, 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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