Reforming India's social sector
Subtitle: poverty, nutrition, health and gender
By: Edited by K. Seeta Prabhu and R. Sudarshan.
Contributors: Seeta Prabhu, K.; Sudarshan, R.
Publisher: Social Science Press; Distributed by D.K. Publishers and Distributers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Poverty -- India; Food supply -- India; Public health -- India
Description: Contributed articles with reference to India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Rural public works / S. Mahendra Dev; title: Innovative rural credit delivery systems for poverty alleviation / B.N. Kulkarni and K.U. Viswanathan; title: Gender and the informal sector : implications for poverty alleviation / Sudha Deshpande and Lalit Deshpande; title: Human poverty and income poverty : linkages and implications / K. Seeta Prabhu and Sangita Kamdar; title: Foodgrain production, prices and rural poverty in India / B.L. Mungekar; title: Targeting food subsidies / Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan; title: Nutrition security in India : issues and policies /M.H. Suryanarayana; title: Social objectives of health care services : regulating the private sector / Amar Jesani; title: Primary health care : from adjustment to reforms / Imrana Qadeer; title: Building coalitions : from subsidies to social sector spending / Ajit Karnik and Mala Lalvani; title: Health care services in rural India : implications for reproductive health / Abusaleh Shariff and Anil Gumber; title: Parental motivation and private schooling / Anuradha De; title: and Claire Noronha; title: Should higher education in India be self-financing? / V.N. Kothari; title: Human capital, performance, and earnings : a firm level study / Ramesh Datta.