[PDF] Structural Transformation In Developing Monsoon Economies eBook

Author : Tirthankar Roy
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9357089144

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In the monsoon regions of South Asia, the rainy season sustains life but brings with it the threat of floods, followed by a long stretch when little gainful work is possible and the threat of famine looms too. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a series of interventions by the Indian government and other actors mitigated these conditions, thus enabling agricultural growth, encouraging urbanization and bringing about a permanent decrease in death rates. But these actions—largely efforts to ensure wider access to water—came at a cost to environmental sustainability. In Monsoon Economy, Tirthankar Roy explores the interaction between the environment and the economy in the emergence of modern India. Roy argues that the tropical monsoon climate makes economic and population growth contingent on water security. But in a water-scarce world, the means used to increase water security not only created environmental stresses but also made political conflict more likely. Highlighting the importance of water as a public good, the author critically analyses issues such as water quality in cities, the shift from impounding river water in dams and reservoirs to exploring groundwater, and the seasonality of a monsoon economy. He also draws economic lessons from India for a world facing environmental degradation.

Author : Tirthankar Roy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0262369273

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How interventions to mitigate climate-caused poverty and inequality in India came at a cost to environmental sustainability. In the monsoon regions of South Asia, the rainy season sustains life but brings with it the threat of floods, followed by a long stretch of the year when little gainful work is possible and the threat of famine looms. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a series of interventions by Indian governments and other actors mitigated these conditions, enabling agricultural growth, encouraging urbanization, and bringing about a permanent decrease in death rates. But these actions—largely efforts to ensure wider access to water—came at a cost to environmental sustainability. In Monsoon Economies, Tirthankar Roy explores the interaction between the environment and the economy in the emergence of modern India. Roy argues that the tropical monsoon climate makes economic and population growth contingent on water security. But in a water-scarce world, the means used to increase water security not only created environmental stresses but also made political conflict more likely. Roy investigates famine relief, the framing of a seasonal “water famine,” and the concept of public trust in water; the political movements that challenged socially sanctioned forms of deprivation; water as a public good; water quality in cities; the shift from impounding river water in dams and reservoirs to exploring groundwater; the seasonality of a monsoon economy; and economic lessons from India for a world facing environmental degradation.

Author : Mustafa K. Mujeri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811607648

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This book examines the theory and global evidence on structural transformation along with stylised facts and implications using, among others, a dynamic panel model, for South Asia. The characteristics of the structural transformation process in Bangladesh bring out the relevance of a comprehensive and inclusive South Asian ‘brand’ in view of the challenges of large population size, high burden of poverty, rising inequalities and its compulsion to achieve rapid and sustained inclusive development. The analysis highlights several distinct characteristics of Bangladesh’s structural transformation including changes in value added, trade, employment, productivity, formal-informal jobs, and opportunities for low-skilled workers. The book suggests that the manufacturing sector could not create the required number of jobs and generate rapid absolute and relative productivity gains in the Bangladesh economy. Although the services sector has largely led output and employment growth, services subsectors with strong labour absorptive capacity have low average productivity. Hence, growth-enhancing structural transformation led by these subsectors is likely to be less dynamic than required for rapid employment-creating growth in the economy. The book’s analysis on COVID-19 and cyclone Amphan shows that an integrated disaster and development paradigm is needed for Bangladesh. An inclusive and health and well-being focused structural transformation presents the pathway to advance the people-centred approach to development in Bangladesh through both vulnerability reduction and investments in sustainable development that would offset both known and unknown disaster threats. The key for Bangladesh is to skillfully manage the ‘developer’s dilemma’ of achieving both structural transformation in terms of large productivity gains and inclusive growth for reducing poverty and rising inequalities. This book is relevant to students, academicians and development practitioners and others interested in contemporary development.

Author : Martin Andersson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198737408

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The book discusses different possibilities for, and obstacles to, economic development in lower income countries in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It asks what lessons can be learned from previous success cases and assesses whether the growth of developing countries over the last decades can be sustained. It pays attention to actual processes of development over the long-term to shed light on prospects for global development today.

Author : Sudarshan Murty
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 1996
Category : India
ISBN : 9788171565825

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Indian Economy Has Undergone Great Structural Transformation Since Indepen¬Dence. It Is Necessary To Look Into The Different Aspects Of This Transformation And The Present Volume Aims At Fulfilling This Task.The Planned And Also The Unplanned Growth Of Indian Economy Is Facing Many Pro¬Blems At The Grass-Root And Also At The Topmost Levels. After Looking Into The General Issues Of Structural Transformation, The Book Analyses, Explains And Interprets The Performances, Perspectives And Prospects Of The Primary, Secondary, Tertiary And Social Sectors Of The Indian Economy.Thirtynine Eminent Economists, Edu¬Cationists And Scholars Have Contributed Their Research Papers And Notes For This Work. The Book Will Be Immensely Useful For The Academic, Economic, Political And Social Worlds. It Will Be Of Use For The Planners, Scholars, Researchers And Students Of Economics And Other Social Sciences. It Will Answer Many Questions And Will Raise Further Issues On The Academic And Economic Stage.

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Page : 636 pages
File Size : 11,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :

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Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.

Author : Martin Andersson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134409397

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The authors consider how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises and highlight two inter-related themes: the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and the different development paths of these economies as they jointly enter this new phase. Questions raised by the book include: * is globalization a threat to development and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific or did globalization rather facilitate and accelerate the pace of industrialization among late industrializers in the region? * is there a single Asia-Pacific development model or did the crisis show this to be false? * did the financial crisis reveal structural weaknesses in an Asia-Pacific state-led model or was state leadership already in demise? Development and Structural Change in Asia-Pacific provides a useful and relevant account of how the global economy has led to structural changes within Asian economies