Eleven papers examine economic growth and development in India, focusing on philosophy, Gandhian thoughts, and sectoral issues. Papers discuss the sacrifice ratio and methods for its estimation; Gandhi's ideas on financing education; state agricultural policy in the Deccan Plateau region; economic aspects of the Make in India mission and its major operational challenges; current literature on international inequality and catch-up; historical thought on development and the need for holistic development; historicizing development discourse and higher education policy in India; the role of the World Bank in middle-income countries; the possibility of developing the education accounts tool in India to track funding; biases in the social sciences; and integrating ethics into economics. Annigeri is Professor and Director of the Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research. Deshpande is Director and Advisor in the Centre for Development Studies at the People's Education Society University. Dholakia is Professor of Economics and Public Systems at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. No index.
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