Growth, Disparities and Inclusive Development in India

Rajendra P. Mamgain is a Development Economist from India. With more than three decades of research experience, he is currently a Professor at Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Doon University, and a Visiting Professor and former Director of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi. In addition he was a Senior Academic Consultant at the Indian Council of Social Science Research from 2012–13, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi and a member of the faculty at the Institute of Applied Manpower Research. He obtained PhD in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and specialises in the areas of labour, employment, migration, skill development, human poverty, inclusive development and impact evaluation of government programmes. He has considerable expertise in large field-based research and has co-authored nine books and more than 65 research papers in various respected national and international journals. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals and has been the Managing Editor of the Indian Journal of Labour Economics (published by Springer since 2015) for more than twenty five years. He has been a consultant to various national and international organizations. Dr. Mamgain has been a member of various policy advisory bodies of leading institutions in India and abroad.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- PART I: Growth, Employment and Inequality.- Chapter 2. Deciphering Growth and Development: Past and Present.- Chapter 3. Labour Market Outcomes and Inclusive Development.- Chapter 4. Growth, Employment and Inequality.- Chapter 5. Intra-state Disparities in Economic and Social Development.- PART II: Poverty, Vulnerability  and Inclusion.- Chapter 6.Poverty and Inequality: A Disaggregated Analysis.- Chapter 7. Inclusion and Marginalization: Economic & Food Security Dimensions.- Chapter 8. Migration, Remittances, and Poverty Reduction.- Chapter 9. Violation Civil Rights, Atrocities and Deprivation: Responses of State Machinery.- PART III: Agriculture Development: Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 10.Agricultural Growth: Performance, Constraints and Strategy for Future Development.- Chapter 11. Public and Private Capital Formation in Agriculture and Contribution of Institutional Credit.- Chapter 12. Access to Credit and Indebtedness among Rural Households: Implications for Farm Income and Poverty.- PART IV: Industrial Development and  Informality.- Chapter 13. Regional Pattern of Industrialization and Urbanization.- Chapter 14. Micro and Small Enterprise Development in Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 15. Employment and Livelihood Potential of Rural Non-Farm Informal Enterprises.- PART V: Human Development Concerns.- Chapter 16. Trends in Private and Public Schooling.- Chapter 17. Health Status: Progress and Challenges.- Chapter 18. Burden of Private Healthcare Expenditure.

“This book provides a comprehensive coverage of various aspects of socio-economic development in Uttar Pradesh. … the simplicity of language and systematic presentation of issues makes it a pleasure to read for researchers and those who have interest in knowing the challenges faced by the state economy and what should be the future strategy to bring state on development path.” (Nagendra Kumar Maurya, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 63, 2020)