Economy, society, environment and sometimes indicated institutional and political system – on these pillars is based the idea of sustainable development. The necessity for a global balance in these dimensions hinders the multidimensional approach of ideas. These difficulties increase when the...

This study assesses if increasing information and communication technology (ICT) enhances inclusive human development in a sample of 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence present in this study, is based on instrumental variable Tobit regressions, in...

In spite of India pursuing the policy of liberalization and globalization since early eighties and witnessing higher growth rates has not been able to achieve much on account of human development and welfare both at national level and at the level of North East India. Human development index is...

This paper systematically presents the geographical and historical forces that have shaped the resource base, infrastructure, connectivity, socio-economic milieu and consequently the economy of Tripura determining the level of human development in the state. In spite of a great burden of...

This study has presented data relating to human development in Nagaland and made an attempt to observe regularities in the same that may be meaningful for devising development policies. The findings indicate that per capita income, human development index and gender-related development index are...

The human development approach to development and growth as proposed by UNDP in 1990 is a widely accepted approach all over world. This paper in this connection is an attempt to describe in details about evolution of the concept of human development, its emergence as an approach to development...