Reimagining Prosperity

Social and Economic Development in Post-COVID India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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The chapters in this volume provide theoretical perspectives and empirical insights from a range of disciplines including history, economics, water management, food and nutrition security, agriculture, rural management, public health, urbanization, gender studies and development of the marginalized.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-02-01
Mått148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt593 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor355
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811971761

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Arash Fazli is Assistant Professor and Head of the Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development at Devi Ahilya University, Indore. Prior to this, he worked as a Principal Researcher with the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity and as a journalist with The Hindu and The Times of India.Amitabh Kundu is Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. He was Professor and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University and a member of the National Statistical Commission. He chaired the Post Sachar Evaluation Committee and that for estimating Urban Housing Shortage. He was Regional Adviser on Poverty at UNESCWA, Beirut and Consultant to Sri Lankan Government on Population Census.

Introduction.- Summoning the Collective Will and Courage to Seek Economic Justice.- Economic Justice in Post-Covid India: A Macroeconomic Perspective.- Labour Reforms and Economic Justice: Inequality, Pandemic and Regionalism.- Women, Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Paving the Path Forward.- Whither Adivasi Livelihoods? A Longitudinal Study of a Bhil Village in Gujarat.- Degrowth, Diversity and Decentralization: Building Sustainable Food Systems for Food and Nutrition Security.- Impact of Covid-19, Lockdowns and Economic Slowdown on Food and Nutrition Security in India.- Principles for Water Governance in a Post-Covid World: Water Sector Needs to be Embedded in Environmental Justice.- Water Management Priorities in a Post-Covid World.- Seeing Water Differently: Transforming the Narrative around Water Crises in India.- Reclaiming their Place in the City: Narratives of Street Food Vendors of Bengaluru during the Covid Crisis.- Whose Knowledge Makes a City Smart? Exploring Conceptions ofthe Role of Knowledge in Urban Policy in Indore, India.- Transforming India’s Agrarian Society in a Post-Covid World: Prospects and Challenges.- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Domestic Workers in an Urban setting.- Youth Unemployment, Education and Job Training – An Analysis of PLFS data in India.