Women, Health and Public Services in India

Why are states different?
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-17715-7
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: Critical Political Economy of South Asia

Why are inter-state differences in human development in India so high? What explains regional patterns where overall the southern region has some of the best human development outcomes in the country while the states in the northernheartland have the worst? In addressing these important questions, this volume provides a detailed analysis of heal

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sinha, Dipa

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement List of Tables List of Figures 1. North-South Contrast in Human Development 2. Not Just Economic Conditions 3. Women‘s Status is Key 4. Public Provisioning Matters 5. Putting the Puzzle Together 6. The Contrasting Cases of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh 7. Unpacking Women‘s Status in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh 8. Delivering Public Services Effectively 9. Public Action for Public Services 10. Summing Up and Way Forward Appendix A. Appendix B. Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Dipa Sinha is Assistant Professor (Economics) at Ambedkar University, New Delhi, India. She studied at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. She is involved with issues related to public health, nutrition and right to food as a researcher and activist. She has worked in Andhra Pradesh on a project mobilising communities for better maternal and child health and nutrition, supported by a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation (administered by Population Council). She was later affiliated with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court (on the Right to Food) and has been part of a number of research and implementation projects with the Centre for Equity Studies (CES) and Public Health Resource Network (PHRN), New Delhi, India.