India, Development and Participation

achievements activities age group Andhra Pradesh Angus Deaton basic education Bihar birth census cent chapter child mortality China contrast corruption countries crucial decline Delhi democracy democratic practice deprivation discussed Drèze earlier economic growth economic reforms effects elementary education environmental estimates expansion fact Family Health Survey female literacy female-male ratio fertility rate figures freedom further gender inequality Government of India growth rate Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh important income infant mortality instance Institute for Population involved issue Karnataka Kerala labour levels literacy rates literature cited Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra major male military mortality rates National Family Health noted nuclear Pakistan participation particularly per-capita political Population Sciences poverty problem programmes Proportion Rajasthan recent reducing regions role rural scheduled castes sector social opportunities South Korea Statistical Appendix Table A.3 Tamil Nadu tend Uttar Pradesh village Visaria West Bengal women women's agency World Bank