Human development is a relative concept and it needs to be understood from an interdisciplinary perspective. It includes widening of choices, expansion of freedom fulfillment of human rights. The human development index (HDI) in the UNDP’s Human Development report (HDR) considers literacy rate, life expectancy at birth along with GDP per head for the purpose. It is important to understand an appropriate methodology for measuring human development and its linkage with economics development. This book addresses specific problems and main themes which the book covers include theoretical issues in human development, measurement, determinants and various dimensions and strategies for sustainable human development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Himanshu Sekhar Rout
Himanshu Sekhar Rout was awarded Ph.D. in applied economics, M.Phil (A and A economics), M.A. (A and A Economics), M.A. (Public Administration) and M.Ed. from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and APA from NIIT, Tezpur, Assam. He has attended 11 training programmes/short-term courses/summer schools/winter schools at various institutions like IIT delhi, Karolinska Institute Stockolm, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IGIDR Mumbai, IIM Kolkata, VVGNLI Noida, CSER Mumbai and CSS Surat. He has 12 years of teching/research experience in various organizations like Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Institute of Business Administration and Management, Bhubaneswar, Lal bahadur Shastri national Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Department of economics, Utkal university, Bhubaneswar. He is presently involved in both teaching and research at P.G. Department of economics, dr. SRK Government Arts College, (Government of Puducherry), Yanam, India. His areas of teaching and research interest include, economics, gender studies, rural development and tourism economics. He is a life member of Indian economic Association, Indian labour Economic Association, Indian Association of research in National Income and Wealth and orissa Commerce Association.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prasant Kumar Panda
Prasant Kumar Panda is presently working in the Post-graduate Department of economics, dr. SRK Government Arts College, yanam, Government of Puducherry. Earlier he had worked in Orissa University of Agriculture and technology, Bhubaneswar and Silicon Institute of technology, Bhubaneswar. His research interest includes public finance and public policy, health economics and gender studies and rural development. Besides teaching, he has been constantly contributing research papers to national and international Journals.
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