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This volume addresses a central dilemma of our times from a perspective based on lessons from the ground--persistence of structural poverty after sixty years of independence amidst rapid economic growth, widening social anomie, political crisis and failing policy. The collection presents an alternative school of thought which has been evolved by scholars and activists over decades, in which the poor are presented not as a problem but as an essential resource. ...
Despite decades of endeavour, various efforts to eradicate the worst forms of poverty and to encourage equitable and sustainable growth in South Asia, have as yet made only a dent in what is a dismal situation. Of late, there has been increasing emphasis on two other agendas in the wider development framework--namely, good governance and decentralization. Despite their scope for complementarity, these three important agendas are largely pursued independently of ...