This research report on India addresses an important policy issue faced by policy -makers in many developing countries: how to allocate public funds more efficiently in order to achieve both growth and poverty-reduction goals in rural areas.
Anil Agarwal s article, The poverty of Amartya Sen , publised in the December 15, 1999 issue of Down To Earth , has drawn a number of responses. Here are a few samples:
This paper discusses the political circumstances which help explain why the insanitary living conditions of such a large section of India’s urban population have been ignored, and contrasts these with the circumstances which explain successful sanitary reform in Britain in the second half of the 19th century.
To reduce human animal conflict, a 14 km long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 crore, is not a very sound idea, feels a senior forest offcial.