Recent social security initiatives in India

J Drèze, R Khera - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
There has been a major expansion of social security programs in India during the last 15
years or so, along with wider recognition of economic and social rights. This paper …

[图书][B] An uncertain glory: India and its contradictions

J Drèze, A Sen - 2013 - degruyter.com
When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately
adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and …

[图书][B] Citizenship and its discontents: An Indian history

NG Jayal - 2012 - degruyter.com
The twenty-five-year-old daughter of refugee parents petitions a court to become the first
Tibetan to obtain Indian citizenship. Laborers in the countryside agitate to secure their newly …

Rethinking power and institutions in the shadows of neoliberalism:(An introduction to a special issue of World Development)

P Kashwan, LM MacLean, GA García-López - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the recognition that institutions matter for international development, the debates
over institutional reforms tend to obscure the role of power. Neoliberal models of …

[图书][B] Democracy in the woods: Environmental conservation and social justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico

P Kashwan - 2017 - books.google.com
How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection
and social justice? Why do some countries perform much better than others on this front …

[图书][B] The broken ladder: The paradox and potential of India's one-billion

A Krishna - 2017 - books.google.com
Despite becoming a global economic force, why does India win so few Olympic medals and
have so many people living in poverty? Why have opportunities not become available more …

[PDF][PDF] China in Africa: Impacts and prospects for accountable development

G Mohan - The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the …, 2015 - library.oapen.org
Development cooperation is changing as rising power donors (re) enter the fray. While a
growing body of evidence explores some of the economic trends (eg UNCTAD 2007), we …

The government of chronic poverty: from exclusion to citizenship?

S Hickey - The Government of Chronic Poverty, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Development trustees have increasingly sought to challenge chronic poverty by promoting
citizenship amongst poor people, a move that frames citizenship formation as central to …

Why do foresters plant trees? Testing theories of bureaucratic decision-making in central India

FD Fleischman - World Development, 2014 - Elsevier
There is growing awareness of the problems of applying blueprint approaches to public
sector management in developing countries, however scholars lack tools for context-specific …

Public policy reform and informal institutions: The political articulation of the demand for work in rural India

T Marcesse - World development, 2018 - Elsevier
The emphasis on rights that individual citizens can claim from the state represents a
significant institutional development for poverty alleviation policies. In India, important …