India, Development and Participation

achievements age group Andhra Pradesh basic education Bihar birth census cent chapter child mortality China contrast countries crucial decline Delhi democracy democratic deprivation discussed Drèze earlier economic growth economic reforms effects elementary education environmental estimates example expansion expenditure fact Family Health Survey famine female literacy female-male ratio fertility rate figures freedom further gender inequality Government of India growth rate Haryana Himachal Pradesh human important income infant mortality instance Institute for Population involved issue Karnataka Kerala labour levels literacy rates literature cited Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra major military mortality rate National Family Health noted nuclear Orissa Pakistan participation particularly per-capita political Population Sciences poverty poverty line Probe Team 1999 problem programmes Proportion Rajasthan recent regions role rural sector social opportunities South Korea Statistical Appendix Table A.3 Tamil Nadu tend Uttar Pradesh village West Bengal women World Bank World Development Indicators